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Nonprofit Places to Age asks Chaffee County for up to $75,000 and fee waivers to advance senior housing project
Summary
Places to Age requested county financial support, permit/fee waivers and an MOU to complete 2026 architecture and engineering so construction can begin in 2027 on a 56-unit senior living facility that would include memory care.
Places to Age, a nonprofit proposing a senior living facility near SR 120/140, asked the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 12 for a county funding infusion of roughly $75,000, fee waivers and a memorandum of understanding to help complete architecture and engineering work in 2026 and keep the project on a 2027 construction schedule.
The request matters because commissioners said county backing and an MOU would strengthen Places to Age’s conversations with capital funders and could reduce the amount the nonprofit must borrow. The presenter said reducing upfront fees will lower the rates the project must charge residents and improve affordability.
At the meeting the presenter (identified in the record as a Places to Age representative) said the…
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