FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Monday, September 18, 2023 SACRAMENTO–Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) obtained $1.435 million in state funding to assist in a McKinleyville development by Life Plan Humboldt (LPH), which will be a resident-led not-for-profit senior community of 144 homes, including 60 affordable senior homes, with services available to ensure residents can age in place. Wood will present the check to LPH this Wednesday, September 20, 2:30 pm, at the property site in the McKinleyville Town Center

BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE Greenbriar, the company advising LPH, will update the financial plan and timeline of the project. They will factor in the number of homes planned for the McKinleyville campus and update the cost of land and construction. DESIGN LPH will contract local and national architects to design the campus with input from future residents.  Architects and a volunteer work group will draft designs for review, including landscaping and restoration of native plants. ESTABLISH

The Life Plan Humboldt (LPH) Board is pleased to announce that on July 17, 2023, they signed a purchase option agreement on the 14.58 acre Hiller Road property in McKinleyville. Development of the first not-for-profit, resident-led, life plan community will now move into the design and implementation stage. With this agreement, LPH has secured the right to purchase the property once plans are approved and licensed, deposits are collected, and financing is obtained. The final

Moving to a senior living community can open the door to a deeper sense of community, more social connections, and a rich array of activities and amenities. Your parent will have more opportunities to become or stay physically active, potentially improving their physical and mental health and even helping them to live longer.  Senior living also reduces caregiver burnout and burden. This can help reduce family stress, improve your relationship with your parent and offer the peace

Services available in McKinleyville Town Center Grocery stores: Eureka Natural Foods, Grocery Outlet, Safeway Hiller Park (dog park, kids play area, playing fields) and access to the bike trail Pierson Park with covered gathering spots, Thursday evening summer concerts Hardware stores:  McKinleyville Ace, Thomas Home Center Banks: Umpqua, Tri County, Coast Central Credit Union Pharmacies:  CVS, Redwood Community Pharmacy, Rite Aid County Department of Health and Human Services Book store:  Blakes Books Insurance agent Gyms:

Opinion by JoAnn Schuch As a volunteer and board member of Life Plan Humboldt (LPH) it is always great to get questions about the new senior community we are working to build in McKinleyville. It is a complicated project still in development.  Recently there have been inaccuracies and misconceptions about LPH circulating in public media. Accurate information about the LPH project can be found at lifeplanhumboldt.org. Life plan communities have existed in other parts of the country for