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We hope it will be inviting to new residents as well as to current residents who may want to learn of opportunities here. You will find background on some recent happenings and a schedule of coming events at Meadow Lakes. For an Index of pages, please go to Site Index on the orange navigation bar at the left.

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Returning to Meadow Lakes for the fifth season, Opera New Jersey brings us TOSCA.

On January 13th, Artistic Staff of Opera New Jersey under sponsorship of the Springpoiont SL Foundation began a month long rehearsal schedule, living and working at Meadow Lakes, rehearsing the Puccini drama for presentation in February at McCarter Theater in Princeton. During this Artist-in-Residence program, Meadow Lakes residents are able to attend rehearsals and enjoy the music and story of this operatic masterpiece.

Following are photos from the chorus rehearsal during their time at Meadow Lakes.

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War of the Worlds

Playreaders Perform

The Forum Education Award Program

Scholarships!

July 29 was the date for forty Meadow Lakes employees to celebrate. On that day they received recognition of their work ethic and scholarship before an audience of Meadow Lakes residents. Each student received a tuition grant from the Education Award Fund, a charity supported by residents. The forty employees will be off to college this fall. Having completed the requirements for their awards, they will return here to work at semester breaks and during other vacations. Photos of the 2010 ceremony can be found on the "Committees" page of this site.

Shakespeare PotPourri

With great stage presence, the Meadow Lakes Playreaders, on June 2nd, once again regaled an audience of residents and friends with a performance of original music by Don Smith and clever dialogue conceived by Doris Willens Kaplan. Judith Hawk was Director.

The Forum is the residents' association of Meadow Lakes. All residents are members of the association and may participate on committees and volunteer in other ways to serve the community.

Toward the end of the year, residents accept donations toward the Employee's Holiday Fund. To offer thanks to the many employees who support us all year and do not receive gifts or gratuities at any time, we give as generously as we can to the Holiday Fund.

Another important program of the Forum is the Education Award Program that gives tuition grants to excellent employees. Descriptions of this program may be found on the Employee page and on the Committee page of this site.

With collection of the annual fund in summer, the Forum Executive Committee develops a budget that supports programs and cultural events, the Library, the Meadow Lark, our quarterly newsletter, and much more.

MEADOW LAKES FOLLIES 2009

Celebrating our "Favorite Things"

With Doris Willens Kaplan's clever lyrics, Don Smith's masterful piano, the excellent voices of (from left to right) Stu Hunter, Tony Baionno, Phoebe Ballard, Carl Schorske, Dana Stevenson, Joe Kelly, and Elizabeth Wadsworth, the annual follies was a resounding success. Judith Hawk, the show's Director, is commended for this wonderful performance describing Meadow Lakes as we know it. The slide show below shows what we saw as the program was opened with a brief introduction by the show's author, Doris Kaplan, and a rousing musical Overture by the inimitable, Don Smith.

Click on the arrow at right one line above, to enlarge each photo in the slide show.

The latest edits to this Website were completed on January 22, 2012.

ARCHITECTURAL AWARD

In a ceremony at the annual meeting of AAHSA, the American Association of Housing and Services for the Aging, on October 21, 2007, the American Institute of Architects presented its first ever “Design for Aging Ten Year Award” to Meadow Lakes.

Given to architectural projects that have been completed for more than ten years, the award acknowledges a design that was both excellent when opened and that has survived the test of time. With today’s customers and changed environment, Meadow Lakes at forty-three is valued and is relevant to today’s society. Its design fits today’s programs.

“Award-winning properties exemplify innovation, high-quality design, and longevity,” according to Mitch Green, Chair of AIA’s Design for Aging Knowledge Committee. “These properties had a profound effect on the senior living industry and offer valuable lessons that are applicable in today’s competitive environment.”

Meadow Lakes was one of the first continuing care retirement community (CCRC) projects to adopt a campus plan. “It unified the various sections of the site, placing them all under one roof,” Green explained. “Through the use of wide brick and glass corridors Meadow Lakes incorporates the external environment, lakes, woods, and fields, into its design.” Architect and current resident, Tony Baionno, can take pride in this award. He served on the original design team!

The facility was built to accommodate changing resident needs and marketplace shifts and over the years key additions including assisted living, a memory care unit, independent living cottages, a lakeside café, and indoor pool and fitness center have been added. Further enhancing the viability of the Meadow Lakes community, a new 60-unit independent living building is under construction.

The award recognizes that Meadow Lakes is distinguished both by its unique design, and the importance placed on strong community leadership, responsiveness to resident needs and promotion of healthful aging. “We are honored to have been chosen by the AIA for this prestigious award,” said Jay Zimmer, Executive Director of Meadow Lakes, on accepting the award. “It demonstrates our tradition of commitment to the health and well-being of current and future residents.”

Building the beautiful Dining Room beams

Construction most recently completed includes Meadowside, the Memory Care Unit, and 15 free-standing cottages, two of which are pictured below.

Independent Living Cottages

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