Newberg: A “Walkable” Community

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In This Issue:
Newberg: A “Walkable” Community • Pages 1-3
Life Plan Community • Page 4
University Village Construction Update • Page 5
Art on the Walls • Pages 6-7
Your Future in View • Page 8
Friendsview Retirement Community • Spring 2016
Newberg: A “Walkable” Community
by Sherry Macy
S
lip into your most comfortable shoes ’cause
we’re going for a walk! Bring your umbrella,
if you want—though most Oregonians prefer to
ignore the rain. We can take our time because the
walk to downtown Newberg is quite scenic. As we
stroll down College Street we’ll probably stop to
admire some of the beautiful home restorations
along the way. Before we know it, we’ve arrived
Friendsview residents—and
regular walkers—Bill Rourke
and Darlene and Chuck
Zickefoose take a walk to
town. They stop along the way
to admire a century-old home.
at Chapters Books and Coffee to enjoy an espresso
and browse the latest offerings. Then, if you need
to purchase a gift or a greeting card, we can walk a
block farther to Pulp and Circumstance, an upscale
shop with items you won’t find on Amazon. Or
maybe you’d rather windowshop along First Street,
stop in and pet the puppies at Critter Cabana,
or buy a fresh-baked cinnamon roll at Newberg
Bakery to take home.
If you’re hungry, we
can choose between
several restaurants,
ranging in menu and
price from the roaming hot-dog cart to a
served meal at Recipe
or Ruddick/Wood.
On our way back we
won’t want to miss
the Newberg Cultural
District, which includes Chehalem Cultural Center and our
historic library. Wait!
You need ingredients
to make dinner? Let’s
head to Nap’s Thriftway, a full-scale grocery only a few more
blocks to the west.
Of course not every
outing will include all
these stops. Besides,
if we do that much
shopping in one trip,
our arms will be too
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full for the walk home. I share these only to illustrate
the many places you can easily reach on foot from
Friendsview if you don’t want to drive or ride Friendsview’s bus.
Downtown Newberg is already a desirable destination. One ongoing civic project beautifies the
sidewalks, highlighting our region as wine country—
eighty wine barrels showcasing seasonal and perennial plantings, mostly camellias, our town flower.
Take in antique and thrift shops, classic cars and
hotrods, a matinee at the historic Cameo Theater,
or the newly opened Social Goods Market in the old
bike shop. Yes, you can experience all of this within
a reasonable walk from Friendsview!
A gradual increase in through traffic and the development of nearby malls has caused a decline in
community interest in spending time and resources
in local retail. As the Oregon Department of Transportation took on the complex agenda of raising
funds to build a bypass around Newberg’s downtown, city planners got to work on a new vision for a
revitalization of our landmark buildings.
“…the Newberg Downtown Coalition
is making downtown Newberg into a
destination that enriches the lives of
those who visit and live here.”
Enter Mike Ragsdale, a local resident freshly retired
from a full career—with time on his hands. “My wife
and I chose to settle in Newberg/Dundee 19 years
ago because of its proximity to Portland and Wilsonville, the mountains, and the ocean. By the time
we retired we knew we wanted to stay.” Mike’s desire
to be active in the community led him to accept the
task of fashioning the Newberg Downtown Coalition
out of his interest and the strong support of primarily the Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce. It
is decidedly a coalition, not an association; Mike
sees great benefit in partnering with other Newberg
organizations and businesses. “I find that Newberg
has more cooperation, more desired partnerships,”
he adds, “than in any other city where I’ve lived.”
He believes this is because Newberg is a churched
town with no petty conflicts. He recalls the time he
contacted a church pastor for volunteers to “paint
out” graffiti around town. Forty-five people showed
up and got the job done in an hour.
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Mike Ragsdale,
executive director
of the Newberg
Downtown
Coalition, knows
Newberg like
the back of his
hand. Its rich
history and its
bright future
play equally
into the task he
wholeheartedly
embraces.
Thanks, Mike!
On its website, the Newberg Downtown Coalition
states: “Through physical improvements, events, promotions, and the proper business mix, the Newberg
Downtown Coalition is making downtown Newberg
into a destination that enriches the lives of those
who visit and live here.” This not-for-profit organization affiliates with Main Street America, a national
network of more than 2,000 historic downtowns and
neighborhood commercial districts. One of its projects is the Newberg Farmers Market, which opens
every Wednesday from the end of May through
September. The pavers that surround the Chehalem
Cultural Center serve as an ideal setting to offer
fresh local produce, flowers, food, and live music. As
noted earlier, this market is easy walking distance
from Friendsview. First Friday, another coalitionsponsored event, draws a large number of residents
to the downtown. Combining with the Newberg Art
Walk, First Friday brings music, art, and culture to
the stores in the evening atmosphere. Residents can’t
help but bump into acquaintances, who stop for
short conversations on the downtown sidewalks—a monthly
opportunity to mix with your
community.
But the coalition’s goals reach
far beyond the farmers market
and First Friday. Mike Ragsdale
enthusiastically shares his view
of downtown Newberg once the
Newberg/Dundee bypass is complete (proposed in late 2017): “Ten
years from now we’ll have a revitalized First Street with better ‘way
finding,’ signage geared to pedestrians as well as cars. We’ll have
diagonal parking, more landscaping, public art, public restrooms, and seating. And
‘parklets,’ which are sidewalk extensions utilizing
several parking spots that provide more space and
amenities for people using the street. We also want
to keep encouraging building owners toward leasing to retailers.” The long-awaited Newberg/Dundee
bypass provides the momentum for this vision. We
watch with interest and curiosity as Phase 1, a fourmile expressway around Newberg, develops.
Mike’s enthusiasm toward Newberg’s future is contagious. The more he talks about it the more we’ll
want to be part of the changes. He eagerly welcomes
volunteers to offer their particular gifts, whether that
be computer skills or wine-barrel flower attendants
or graffiti patrol. Like everything else, pride in our
small-town community comes with a cost and a
commitment.
Keep your walking shoes handy! Tomorrow we
might head a different direction and find many
other delightful destinations within walking distance
of Friendsview.
Newberg Dundee Bypass Phase 1
PHASE 1 CONNECTION TO OREGON 99W
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We include this map only for the big-picture view. For a closer look, please visit:
http://oregonjta.org/region2/files/highway99w/maps/phase1final_reduced.pdf
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Friendsview Adopts
“Life Plan Community” Designation
by Frank Engle
IT’S MY
Life Plan Community
Leading Age Shares the
Inside Story Behind the
Name Change
“Life Plan Community”
tested positively with
current and future
residents, who feel it
centers on them and
their needs and is easier
to remember. The name
allows for a conversation
that is expansive and
aspirational. It helps
potential residents
recognize the advantage
of not waiting too long to
move to a community.
• Life shows that our
communities are about
so much more than care.
They’re about living life
to the fullest.
• Plan captures the
unique “safety net”
advantages that CCRCs
offer through advanced
wellness and care services.
• Life Plan Community
allows “planning” and
“living” to merge and
focuses on a primary
category benefit of having
a plan in place, giving
freedom to enjoy all that
life offers.
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eading Age, a national organization of not-for-profit senior living
communities, has developed a new name to replace what has been
called Continuing Care Retirement Communities, or CRCCs. Friendsview, a member of Leading Age, will be adopting this change, gradually becoming known as a Life Plan Community.
We affirm the new name choice! It draws attention to our community being about life, not just care. And people that move to communities like ours tend to be planners, people who like to know they’ve
made the decisions they need to make to ensure they have a solid plan
in place for their future. Too often we’ve heard, “Oh, I don’t need that
yet” because the former designation gives folks the misleading impression that we were all about “care.” While care is an important aspect
of what Friendsview offers, we embrace the holistic viewpoint that
moving to Friendsview is all about getting the most out of life.
Friendsview’s close proximity to a vibrant Christian university offers
residents many benefits. People who move to Friendsview before they
reach the “care” stage can spend twenty or more years of fulfilling life
that includes concerts, sports, education, and connections with the
younger generations.
Life Plan Communities have changed drastically from the CCRCs of
thirty or more years ago. Consider our large
residential homes with upgraded appliances
and all the amenities found in new homes today; add our fitness and wellness programs,
fine dining, creative enrichment programs,
socializing opportunities, and much more.
Possibly best of all, you can leave the home
maintenance, housekeeping, and yard
work to us!
New residents often
say, “I wish I’d moved
here sooner.” I think
this new name will
help more people
understand just how
beneficial moving
to a community like
Friendsview is and
help them decide to
move earlier, maximizing their opportunities to enjoy all we
offer.
Saturday, June 25
University Village Day
at Friendsview
10:30–11 a.m.
University Village Groundbreaking
Ceremony at construction site
• Led by City of Newberg, George
Fox University, and Friendsview
representatives
For plenty of space to celebrate
afterward, luncheons will be
held in two locations:
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Resident and Guest Celebration
Luncheon at Friendsview dining
room
• Hosted by Friendsview
residents/staff
• Celebrate the launch
of Friendsview’s newest
neighborhood, University
Village, with college-themed
fare
11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Intent List/University Village
Depositor Registration and Luncheon
at GFU’s new dining commons
• For Friendsview’s intent list
(waiting list) and University
Village depositors; registration
begins at 11, luncheon at noon
University Village
Construction Update
O
n March 31, 2016, 42 depositors and staff
came to Friendsview to enjoy lunch together
and hear about the progress with University
Village Phase 1—38 hybrid homes in a fourstory neighborhood along Cherry Street, west of
the existing campus. We distributed boom-crane
photos showing the view from each residence.
Julie Bradshaw of LRS Architects highlighted
improvements and updated schematics and
features of the new homes. Depositors viewed
interior finish displays and were presented with a
plan for making their selections prior to the April/
May application process.
We have completed the public notice phase of
our concept master plan and the Phase 1 design
review. No public comments were received, and
the city expressed no concern. Our discussions
now center around pedestrian access with the city
and digging into the plans related to electrical,
mechanical, and plumbing.
As of this publication date, well over 70 percent
of the University Village residences are reserved.
We eagerly await the groundbreaking, scheduled
for Saturday, June 25, at 10:30 a.m. Construction
for Phase 1 is scheduled to begin in June; projected
completion in spring or summer 2017.
To arrange for an appointment to learn more about
homes still available, call 503-538-3144
or e-mail [email protected].
Friendsview
Board of Directors
Mark Ankeny
LaVerne Biel
Allyn Brown
Gary Cowles
Mike Goins
Steve Gulley
Jim Jackson
Cindy Johnson
Dwight Kimberly
Pat Landis
Dennis Lewis
Bruce Longstroth
Lisa McMinn
Jennifer Perez
Paula Radich
Vicki Stave
Kathy Watson
Senior
Administrative
Leadership Team
Executive Director
Todd Engle
Chief Financial Officer
Dave Hampton
Director of Human Resources
Nisi Segor
Director of Marketing
Frank Engle, Jr.
Director of Health Services
Kim Libonati
Director of Dining Services
Francie Gilmer
Director of Community Life
Peggy Hanson
Director of Facility Services
Bill Madison
To learn more about
Friendsview, please contact
Friendsview’s marketing
staff at 503-538-3144
or visit the website at
www.friendsview.org.
The View Editorial Staff
Frank Engle, Jr.
director of marketing
Sally Woodyard
marketing consultant
Sherry Macy
writer, editor, photographer
Susan Fawver
editor, proofreader
Michael Comfort
design consultant
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Jan Lacy, whose
parents are Friendsview
residents, takes a close
look at the impressive
Japanese katazome
display.
The time came for
the Art on the Walls
committee to dismantle
the display. Its owner,
Eileen Turner (in photo
on right, reaching),
and the team take care
with the pieces, which
are around 70
years old.
Art on the Walls:
by Barbara Westmoreland
R
ecently, new art has appeared on the walls at
Friendsview. In the dining room hang giclee
prints of a Hopper lighthouse, a Moran of the
Yellowstone River, and a Lassen volcano. Downstairs
you’ll see national park posters to jog memories of
Many Glacier Hotel, hiking Walter’s Wiggles in Zion,
or climbing the Tetons. These all appeared through
the efforts of Friendsview’s newest committee—Art
on the Walls—which was approved and funded
by Residents’ Council a year ago. It illustrates how
Friendsview welcomes and supports initiatives by
residents.
Friendsview’s light-filled main lobby creates a perfect environment for artwork. Art on the Walls has
hung a new exhibit there each season with works of
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Friendsview resident artists; a Japanese woodblock
print collection; and, for the holidays, a “handmade
Christmas” show of quilts, cross stitchery, and painting. Visit right now and see Frank Tuning’s fine watercolors of Idaho and western Oregon scenes. Prior
to Tuning we enjoyed beautiful Japanese katazome,
the rice paste resist dying method by which the blue
and white cloth for both kimonos and futon beds
was produced until recently. The display was the result of unpacking Eileen Turner’s stencils and fabrics
she bought in Tokyo 25 years ago when her work
as a nurse was paid for in yen. We greatly enjoyed
turning this into a colorful art wall.
Enriching residents’ art experience means we
hunt for varied subjects, styles, and techniques for
art that we would like to live with and eat breakfast
beside. Resident donations and loans have been a
Changing the art on the walls
takes a team effort. Capturing
everyone in the same photo
required a few to step away
from their own busy task to
“share encouragement” on
this one. Pictured from the
left: Donna Read, Wanda
Blodget, Gerry Willcuts, Francie
Richey, Phyllis Morse, Barbara
Westmoreland, Connie Yohr.
Enriching Residents’ Art Experience Through Subjects, Styles, and Techniques
fine source, especially as most of us pare down as we
move. The committee also screens prints from online
companies, looking especially for color and design
that hangs well (and then we wait for the cyber
Monday sale). We have acquired several originals
or numbered prints from craigslist, such as the
Salmon Run by Northwest artist Warren Oliver, which
hangs in the Terrace Room. A number of others
have been purchased from the Goodwill auction
site, such as the oil pastel of parrots in hibiscus
flowers behind the front desk and the set of historic
Oregon photographs in the hall near the library.
The committee has honored our thrifty Quaker roots
by recycling frames and cutting new mats in the art
room.
The art impetus has provided an opportunity
for committees to work together. The Photography
Club selected landscape and wildlife work they’ve
done. These especially remind us of Oregon’s beauty.
Needlework Arts has contributed two quilts, which
hang in Creekside and the Manor.
Art on the Walls has a new endeavor in mind for
this year: to hang a gallery of smaller works in the
health center from which residents in recovery can
select art for their own rooms.
For art lovers who aren’t necessarily artists
themselves, we’ve planned a group tour to the Fall
Harvest Studio Tour of Chehalem Valley and visits
to gallery talks and openings of shows at George
Fox University. Next year, we may take the Sunday
afternoon bus that goes to the Portland Symphony
and spend the afternoon in the Portland Art
Museum nearby. We’re always looking for artists
and art lovers to join us.
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1301 Fulton Street
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Your Future in View
for those on the Friendsview intent list
and those contemplating the possibility
Saturday, June 25: University Village Day
at Friendsview for Intent List Applicants
and University Village Depositors
10:30–11 a.m.
University Village Groundbreaking Ceremony
Location: construction site
• Led by City of Newberg, George Fox University, and Friendsview
representatives
11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Intent List / University Village Depositor Registration
Location: GFU’s new dining commons
• For Friendsview’s intent list (waiting list) and University Village
depositors
• GFU and Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce displays
highlighting opportunities for future Friendsview residents
12–2 p.m.
Intent List / University Village Depositor Luncheon
Location: GFU’s new dining commons
• Friendsview’s annual intent list gathering, hosted this year by GFU
faculty, students, and staff
2–4 p.m.
• GFU campus tours (begin after luncheon)
• Friendsview Retirement Community neighborhood tours
(start in Friendsview’s lobby)
• Resident Panel (begins after luncheon)
“Ten Tips to Remember as You Make Plans to Move to Friendsview”
Friendsview’s intent list applicants
(prospective residents who paid a
nonrefundable application fee to
be on waiting lists) regularly ask
us to offer more opportunities to
experience important places near
Friendsview, places they hope to
enjoy in the future.
Last year we held our largestever gathering at Chehalem
Cultural Center in Newberg. This
year, George Fox University has
invited intent list applicants and
University Village depositors to
its campus in order to see for
themselves the opportunities
that await their move. We’ve
arranged this year’s gathering to
coincide with the groundbreaking
ceremony for University Village,
now more than 70 percent
reserved.
Please RSVP by June 17 at [email protected] or call 503-538-3144
or visit our website, which includes a map for directions/parking.
Please also use this contact information for questions or to learn more about Friendsview’s intent list.