’Places to Age’ group presents 60‑unit assisted‑living and memory‑care plan on donated Salida land; seeks county support and funding

Places to Age, a grassroots nonprofit that recently incorporated as a 501(c)(3), presented a site plan and financing outline for an assisted‑living and memory‑care campus on property donated by Jim Treat and asked Chaffee County for continued partnership and support.

Cheryl (Places to Age spokesperson) said the organization intends to develop roughly 8 acres of an approximately 10‑acre parcel near the intersection of Holman and Poncha Boulevard, with a layout that includes about 60 units: roughly eight memory‑care units and about 48 assisted‑living units that can be used flexibly as independent living during initial occupancy. The group described an initial design featuring neighborhoods, independent‑living townhouses, workforce housing and a two‑acre park area donated by community partners;…