“Most people would say they should have moved sooner rather than later.”

 

“We moved to Portland, specifically to Holladay Park Plaza from the Black Hills in western South Dakota, looking for a fun spot to live out the next chapter of our lives.

We had several major criteria for choosing where we would like to spend our retirement years; great transportation, great medical care, great entertainment, fun local adventures.  Holladay Park Plaza met our criteria and then some!

Our selection of Holladay Park Plaza was not a real chore.  We had done research on what to expect from a variety of different models of retirement communities, and settled on a continuing care community model.  We were in contact with a great long-time friend who, like us was looking for good places to join in retirement.  After visiting with our friend several times, getting local recommendations and visiting HPP over some time, we liked the welcoming culture of the residents and staff, and found that the location of HPP offered all of the amenities we were seeking, in a good location, and had retained to vibrant community that we were hoping to find.

We are very happy with our choice, and have found new friends, new activities and have started to weave ourselves into the fabric of the HPP community.  We can’t think of too many places we’d rather be located, except for the trips away to enjoy the Pacific Northwest, and trips around Portland and the Willamette Valley.  Seems like plenty of opportunities to keep our curious minds, helpful hands, and wandering feet busy.”

“My husband, Ken, and I came to Holladay Park Plaza in December of 2012. It was a dream we’d had for four years since we took our first tour in 2008. We had previously lived in a three-level town house that we loved but found increasingly challenging to maintain. We were very ready to downsize and move closer to downtown Portland. The move was an easy one [after the usual tasks of downsizing and packing and unpacking]. Not only did we love our thirteenth-floor, three-room apartment with its wonderful view of downtown and the west hills, but we realized we were in the midst of an amazing community of like minded people. Dinners were a delight: making new friends and discovering connections that surprised us. The diversity of residents and staff that we discovered here continues to amaze and delight us. We were quickly swept up into the busy community of committed residents working to make our HPP community and the larger community and world a better place. Ken was quickly recruited to serve on a variety of committees and I, boldly and unthinkingly, agreed to take over the in-house resident newsletter, The Plaza Review. For over thirteen years we’ve thanked ourselves for having had the vision to make the move while we were physically able to enjoy our time here and to also be able to serve the community. HPP has seen many changes during this time. They have experienced personnel changes at every level, maintenance challenges in the upkeep and refurbishment of an old building, and the biggest of all—coping with caring for all of us during the pandemic. Even though we all grumble from time to time, we never doubt that management and staff will serve us well and care for our needs during difficult times. We continue to count ourselves very fortunate to have chosen Holladay Park Plaza.”