Retirement News : Seniors : Nonprofit will add theater, gallery at retirement home

Nonprofit will add theater, gallery at retirement home

Date Added: 21-11-2005

Theater, art gallery, and a scuplture garden will be new additions to a St. Louis retirement complex.  Read the excerpt below.

By Eric Heisler
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
11/17/2005

A St. Louis area nonprofit is building a $19 million addition to a Chesterfield retirement complex that will include a theater, art gallery and sculpture garden.

The expansion also will add 44 apartments to the Willows at Brooking Park, a development owned and operated by St. Andrew's Resources for Seniors.

The addition will have a theme based on art, recreation and education, said Mary Alice Ryan, president and chief executive of St. Andrew's. The nonprofit is promoting the amenities as a package it calls Centerstage.

It's important for seniors to have a wide range of challenging activities to choose from to help keep their minds and bodies healthy, she said.

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