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Sandpoint Idaho Church’s Senior Housing Fosters “Aging in Community”

Ecumen.org | Changing Aging | 01.19.09

 

Sandpoint, Idaho is becoming known for more than its stunning natural beauty and for being the headquarters of the Coldwater Creek clothing retailer. It’s also becoming a great place to “age in community” and provides a model for churches to expand intergenerational connections and ministries.

 

You’ve heard the phrase “age in place.” Pastor Dave Olson and the congregation of Luther Park of Sandpoint is looking at that phrase a bit more broadly. They just opened Luther Park of Sandpoint, a congregational senior housing community that is physically connected to First Lutheran Church. The new community was developed by Ecumen and is managed by Ecumen.>> More

 

 

Sandpoint, Idaho

More About U.S. News & World Report's Top Ten Bargain Retirement Spots

 

Emily Brandon, writing for U.S. News & World Report, describes Boone, North Carolina as "a former frontier outpost that has lost its rough edges."

 

 

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SandPoint Website
 

 

Orielle River

 

 

Sandpoint, Idaho Statistics:

 

Population:

7,358

Median home value:

$173,600

Age 65 or over:

15 percent

Cost of living:

6.7 percent below the U.S. average

Maximum state income tax:

7.8 percent

State sales tax:

6 percent

*Data from U.S. News & World Report article published June 3, 2007

 

 

The Other Nine U.S. & World Report Best Retirement Spots:

 

Boone, North Carolina | Dahlonega, Georgia | Fredericksburg, Texas | Kennebunk, Maine | Melbourne Beach, Florida | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Salida, Colorado | Yucca Valley, California | Yuma, Arizona

 

>>Go to the USN&WR article on Sandpoint, ID

 

 

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