(Rendering | Courtesy of Bridge Meadows)
Intentional Intergenerational Community Set to Open in 2020, Welcoming Adoptive Families & Elders
Portland, Oregon-based intergenerational housing community Bridge Meadows will break ground on its new Redmond location on Thursday, September 10. The development responds to Central Oregon’s critical need for safe, affordable housing and permanency-focused alternatives to foster care.
In celebration of this significant expansion beyond the Portland-metro area, Bridge Meadows’ Executive Director Dr. Derenda Schubert and board chair Mike Schrader will speak. Other speakers include Redmond Mayor George Endicott, Walsh Construction VP and General Manager Ryan Wilde and Hayden Homes VP of Community Engagement Deborah Flagan. Hayden Homes, based in Redmond, built the Maple Meadows single-family development into which Bridge Meadows will be incorporated.
Bridge Meadows will break ground on its Redmond location, which will feature its signature design elements, including a courtyard and community building. Bridge Meadows’ mission is to provide permanent homes for youth formerly in foster care, support adoptive parents with resources and give elders purpose in their daily lives. The Redmond location will feature an intergenerational community building open to the broader neighborhood and 36 total residential units, including ten family townhomes and 26 elder apartments.
In support of the project, Bridge Meadows has secured resources from Oregon Housing and Community Services, The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, The Collins Foundation and the Quest Foundation, as well as the local Tennant Family Foundation, resulting in nearly $1 million raised to-date. The total project cost will be $18,218,137. Bridge Meadows Redmond will welcome residents home in the fall of 2021.
Bridge Meadows is located at 2689 NW Hemlock Ave. in Redmond, (NW Kingwood Ave. and NW 25th St.).
About Bridge Meadows
Bridge Meadows is a 501(c)(3) multi-generational housing community serving Oregon’s foster youth, adoptive parents and elders (55+). Its mission is to offer permanency in the lives of foster children by providing homes, supporting adoptive parents with resources and giving elders purpose in their daily lives. The nonprofit has two locations in the Portland-metro area, including one that opened in North Portland in April 2011 and one in Beaverton, opened in 2017. Bridge Meadows will expand to Redmond in 2021 and has plans to open additional locations in the future.
