Seniors have excitedly awaited the completion of Martins Landing, Presbyterian Village North’s (PVN) newest independent living housing addition. Including an underground parking garage and connected to the newly renovated and expanded lifestyle fitness center, Martins Landing will offer 56 new, spacious apartment homes. This addition is part of a $93 million expansion project the senior living community is undergoing to meet the needs of current and future residents. To celebrate the completion of the new independent living apartments, PVN hosted a Finish Line event for residents to enjoy.
“We are both excited and anxious about this move from our home in Fredericksburg to Presbyterian Village North,” said Larry Miller. “Dallas is a hub of activity, and we know we’ll have access to many new experiences. We decided to be proactive and make a move such as this one, while we ourselves are still very active. With this transition we will have more freedom to travel, will be closer to a larger airport, which will make travelling easier for us and our kids, and we’ll be conveniently located in the midst of everything – downtown, Preston Center, North Park Mall, the Galleria, Dallas Love Field airport, restaurants and more. While we count down the days until we move into Martins Landing, our friends have planned five going away parties for us to celebrate this new chapter of our lives.”
Larry and his wife, Nancy, had deliberated moving into a senior living community in 2014. They dropped by PVN on a whim to simply check it out, and they walked away having made a commitment for their future. Larry had served as an ombudsman in Florida for many years and would visit senior communities and skilled nursing homes during his service. During that time, he observed which places genuinely cared for their residents and which ones neglected seniors in their care. Using his personal experiences, Larry requested to visit PVN’s healthcare services area and was impressed by the compassionate, quality care that he witnessed. At that point, he knew they had found a great place in which to retire.
“We’ve met several longtime residents, and they described PVN as a beautiful, lively and wonderful place in which to live,” said Nancy. “When we came for our very first meeting, we were sitting next to a board member and his wife. He has been a board member of one of the parent organization’s boards for 12 years. It spoke volumes to us that he had been on the board for so long and that he was choosing to call PVN his new home. I never gave senior housing a thought until recently, and I’m happy we found PVN. We sold our house before it hit the market, had an auction to help us downsize and gave many things to our children as well. There are many wonderful experiences awaiting us at Presbyterian Village North.”
The board member the Millers sat next to is not the only board member to move into PVN. Warren Rutherford, whom has also served on one of the parent organization’s boards for more than ten years, will also be moving into Martins Landing this summer.
“I moved into a patio home at PVN around Thanksgiving of 2014 because I wanted to plan for the future, a place I could retire with ease,” said Rutherford. “It was nice having a patio home, but I am eager to move into Martins Landing. I’m most excited about the underground parking garage. It will be helpful in keeping my car clean and cool during the summer months. I won’t have to worry about ice or snow in the winter as well. The quality of the expansion and renovations are first class. I’m overall really impressed with everything they are doing. I’ve always loved the way their communities are run. Our organization has always been run with the right purpose in mind. It’s truly a ministry of people serving people.”
“We have eagerly anticipated the opening of Martins Landing since we first broke ground on the expansion project,” said Ron Kelly, executive director of Presbyterian Village North. “We planned the Finish Line event to commemorate this special occasion. During this event PVN teammates wore festive PVN Pit Crew t-shirts, we served Mango Martins Land-tini’s, as well as Finish Line Punch. It was a fun, celebratory time for all. We are excited as we begin this new chapter at the community.”