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HAPPY FIVE YEARS
When 5 years ago we were looking for a senior apartment complex to move to, we chose Council Gardens. And we never regretted it, it was the perfect choice! Thank you, Council Gardens, for five happy years of our lives. It is very nice and cozy here. Our wonderful garden buildings are surrounded by bushes and flowers grown by the tenants. The flowers and plants are everywhere you can imagine: under windows, on patios, and in the breezeways.
Council Gardens’ staff puts a lot of efforts to make our life full of exciting events: swimming pool year-round and field trips, fun holiday celebrations and concerts, Bingo and Rummikub, just to name some of them. All of us are looking forward for wonderful bi-weekly brunches, fresh, tasty and healthy! Where else can you find all of it?
Council Gardens became our home where we found a lot of good friends. And what can be better than our gardens, where everyone can demonstrate his gardening talent and enjoy the fruit of his labor.
With all of this fun at Council Gardens we do not have time to mope and be sick. Thanks to everybody at our wonderful home for filling our lives with meaningful and interesting activities and events.
LIDIYA LIATSKAYA
When 5 years ago we were looking for a senior apartment complex to move to, we chose Council Gardens. And we never regretted it, it was the perfect choice! Thank you, Council Gardens, for five happy years of our lives. It is very nice and cozy here. Our wonderful garden buildings are surrounded by bushes and flowers grown by the tenants. The flowers and plants are everywhere you can imagine: under windows, on patios, and in the breezeways.
Council Gardens’ staff puts a lot of efforts to make our life full of exciting events: swimming pool year-round and field trips, fun holiday celebrations and concerts, Bingo and Rummikub, just to name some of them. All of us are looking forward for wonderful bi-weekly brunches, fresh, tasty and healthy! Where else can you find all of it?
Council Gardens became our home where we found a lot of good friends. And what can be better than our gardens, where everyone can demonstrate his gardening talent and enjoy the fruit of his labor.
With all of this fun at Council Gardens we do not have time to mope and be sick. Thanks to everybody at our wonderful home for filling our lives with meaningful and interesting activities and events.
LIDIYA LIATSKAYA
THE NEW LIFE AT COUNCIL GARDENS
When we needed to downsize, Council Gardens, a place we had never heard of, offered us an oasis, an island gem in the sea of unknowns. The building complex provides a congenial lifestyle with a Jewish flavor thanks to its founding by the National Council of Jewish Women, even a visiting rabbi. We have friends and neighbors from around the U.S., Russia, Europe and worldwide. The complex is very pet friendly, with dogs, cats and birds coexisting in the same hallways. Even our goofy Lab, Coco, has a fan club of both American and Russian speakers that he meets on his multiple daily walks. He just knows a kind word and some petting. Pat him once and he is your pal forever.
There is a huge pool of talent and amazing backgrounds, with doctors, poets, artists and engineers, teachers and nurses, all in our little community. We could never have imagined meeting such people before. There are game groups, holiday events, both Jewish and secular, cultural events, concerts and trips, even on-site library and professionally guided group writing option. Who expected to be published in the beautiful first ever collection of poems, essays and memoirs from our diverse writing group?
The staff works hard to provide a community atmosphere, with far more social interactions than we had in our house, while in a safe and secure supportive environment. As we emerge from the Covid lockdown, a lot of us look forward to the re-instituted bi-weekly brunches as a way to stay in touch. The namesake flower and vegetable gardens provide vibrant color and great variety, showing off the skill and dedication of our talented neighbors. There is far more at Council Gardens than we ever expected in apartment living, and all on a shoestring budget.
LIZ & TED RESNICK
When we needed to downsize, Council Gardens, a place we had never heard of, offered us an oasis, an island gem in the sea of unknowns. The building complex provides a congenial lifestyle with a Jewish flavor thanks to its founding by the National Council of Jewish Women, even a visiting rabbi. We have friends and neighbors from around the U.S., Russia, Europe and worldwide. The complex is very pet friendly, with dogs, cats and birds coexisting in the same hallways. Even our goofy Lab, Coco, has a fan club of both American and Russian speakers that he meets on his multiple daily walks. He just knows a kind word and some petting. Pat him once and he is your pal forever.
There is a huge pool of talent and amazing backgrounds, with doctors, poets, artists and engineers, teachers and nurses, all in our little community. We could never have imagined meeting such people before. There are game groups, holiday events, both Jewish and secular, cultural events, concerts and trips, even on-site library and professionally guided group writing option. Who expected to be published in the beautiful first ever collection of poems, essays and memoirs from our diverse writing group?
The staff works hard to provide a community atmosphere, with far more social interactions than we had in our house, while in a safe and secure supportive environment. As we emerge from the Covid lockdown, a lot of us look forward to the re-instituted bi-weekly brunches as a way to stay in touch. The namesake flower and vegetable gardens provide vibrant color and great variety, showing off the skill and dedication of our talented neighbors. There is far more at Council Gardens than we ever expected in apartment living, and all on a shoestring budget.
LIZ & TED RESNICK
THE NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE
Just about a year ago I found myself embarking on a new chapter in my life.
My mother encouraged (HOUNDED) me to look at Council Gardens. I had been looking at a place to move to for quite some time and her friend, who had resided here for many years and highly recommended this establishment. And here I am.
This new venture which at first had me filled with anxiety, fear, and certainly many unknowns has proven to be a true blessing in my life. As I sit here and reflect on this journey, a slow steady smile overtakes my face.
I am thinking of the friendships I’ve created. All the delicious food that has been so graciously bestowed upon me (even though my tuchus seems to have a new zip code). I am blessed. I have even taken up gardening. Who knew? Certainly not me. Just looking around me I realized what a wonderful diversified community I am a part of. The future seems sunny and full of possibilities and look forward to
seeing what is in store for me.
TRICIA STUTIN
Just about a year ago I found myself embarking on a new chapter in my life.
My mother encouraged (HOUNDED) me to look at Council Gardens. I had been looking at a place to move to for quite some time and her friend, who had resided here for many years and highly recommended this establishment. And here I am.
This new venture which at first had me filled with anxiety, fear, and certainly many unknowns has proven to be a true blessing in my life. As I sit here and reflect on this journey, a slow steady smile overtakes my face.
I am thinking of the friendships I’ve created. All the delicious food that has been so graciously bestowed upon me (even though my tuchus seems to have a new zip code). I am blessed. I have even taken up gardening. Who knew? Certainly not me. Just looking around me I realized what a wonderful diversified community I am a part of. The future seems sunny and full of possibilities and look forward to
seeing what is in store for me.
TRICIA STUTIN
