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An artist's rendering of the entrance to the Mont Marie Senior Residence

      Expected Opening: October 2008

The beautiful landscaped grounds of Mont Marie in Holyoke will soon be the setting of a new Senior Residence.  The low-income elderly housing facility is being built by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield with the help of Mercy Housing, Inc.   The apartments are planned for the building that housed the Mont Marie Conference Center, which is now closed.  The facility will includeA completed kitchen unit on the third floor of the soon to be completed Mont Marie Senior Residence in Holyoke. activity rooms, exercise areas and a library with computers and internet access. 

The residence is situated on 52 acres overlooking the Connecticut River Valley and is conveniently located near the Holyoke Mall, the Holyoke Medical Center and other medical facilities.  Community-based support services such as Meals on Wheels and visiting nurses, will be available to residents.  
        

The project is being funded primarily through a $6.2 million Housing and Urban Development grant and will be open to all qualifying residents of Western Massachusetts.  Additional service-based housing for seniors is being considered for Mont Marie.

Project Update: July 30, 2008

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield are pleased to announce that work is on schedule for the Mont Marie Senior Residence, a Housing and Urban Development project at the Congregation’s Mont MarieA third floor lobby area in the new Mont Marie Senior Residence. campus in Holyoke. 

Plans include converting the former Mont Marie Conference Center at 34 Lower Westfield Road into 49 low income apartments for the elderly.  The housing units are expected to be ready for occupancy in October 2008. 

The apartments will be available to women and men, age 62 and older who earn less than 50% of the area median income.  The median income for the Springfield area in 2007 is about $50,000.   

While the facility is designed for independent living, outside supportive services will be available to qualifying seniors.  Besides the 540 square-foot apartments, the facility will include community and exercise rooms, a library, meditation room and an interior courtyardThe newly landscaped gazebo in the courtyard of the Mont Marie Senior Residence, scheduled to open October, 2008. with gardens, benches and gazebo. 

Planning for the project began several years ago when the Congregation saw an urgent need for affordable housing for seniors in Western Massachusetts.  “Responding to the emerging needs of our community is always at the heart of who we are as Sisters of St. Joseph,” says Sister Mary Quinn, President of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield. “We are grateful for the partnerships that have developed as we respond to this need for affordable housing and we look forward to welcoming new neighbors to Mont Marie.”

In October of 2004, the Congregation received a $6.2 million capital advance from HUD’s Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program to help finance the project, as well as project-based rental assistance for five years.  The Sisters of Saint Joseph also secured funds from several other sources to meet the $8.9 million renovation cost including:  Affordable Housing Trust, Housing Innovation and Housing Stabilization funds, City of Holyoke HOME funds, pre-development grant from HUD and the National Religious Retirement Office.     

In addition, the Holyoke Gas and Electric Company was able to support the project by providing $100,000 in economic development assistance.

Studio One Inc. of Springfield is the Architect for the project and Western Builders, Inc. of Granby is the General Contractor.  The Mont Marie Health Care Center and Mont Marie Child Care Center remains fully operational during the construction. 

To obtain more information about the application process, interested persons should contact Jill Keough, Director of Operations, at 413-536-0853 x 280.   Applications will be reviewed by Appleton Corporation, the property management company selected for the project.

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Jill Keough, Director of Operations
(413) 536-0853 ext. 280
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