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Staff Spotlight January 2023 – Mack Nock
Meet Mack Nock! Like all of our Supportive Services Coordinators, Mack has a natural leaning and unwavering commitment toward others. It's a trait that is difficult to pinpoint its beginning; the moment when it arrived and became the lens through which Mack...
Philanthropy: Supporting Essential Work
By Georgeanne Barrett, Director of Communications and Philanthropy As another year comes to an end, it isn’t uncommon to reflect on how grateful we are for everything that has transpired over the past year. This means different things for different people, but I know...
Property Spotlight December 2022 – Flats at Two Creeks
The Importance of Community at Flats at Two Creeks Annie, Supportive Services Coordinator at Flats at Two Creeks, couldn’t be more excited to share about her residents. “I love them so much, they’ve been so great to work with,” she says. And while her words...
Staff Spotlight December 2022 – Annie Bresnahan
Meet Annie Bresnahan! During this season of giving, we caught up with Annie Bresnahan, one of Archway’s newer additions to the Supportive Services team! She works with residents at Flats at Two Creeks, where she gleefully shares her joy since joining our team. ...
Property Management: Attitude of Gratitude
By Desiree Parrott-Alcorn, Property Manager "This is a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before." Maya Angelou As I sit down to write this, we’re in the middle of a heated election season, and negativity abounds. In what I call today’s “me-centric” society, it...
Property Spotlight November 2022 – Sheridan Ridge
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Celebrating a New Playground at Sheridan Ridge! In late 2021, through a generous grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, Archway Communities received funds to replace the rundown play structure at Sheridan Ridge...
Staff Spotlight November 2022 – Angelica Alvarez
Meet Angelica Alvarez! This past month two of our property managers received promotions to Portfolio Managers, overseeing the management at multiple properties. We sat down to talk with Angelica Alvarez, one of our new Portfolio Managers, on her journey in the...
Supportive Services: Health & Wellness
By Sandy Nagler, Director of Programs At Archway Communities, we’re learning alongside our residents about how to best support each of our communities’ distinct needs and insights into building better health and wellness. We’ve started with the basics, like no-cost...
Staff Spotlight October 2022 – Kendall Curtis
Meet Kendall Curtis! Up to now, I’ve been the one behind the cursor of our staff and resident spotlights, interviewing each person and trying to find a way to form words to their awesome stories. But this month it looks like I’ll be the subject of our staff...
Property Spotlight October 2022 – Fountain Ridge
Celebrating Community at Fountain Ridge! There are many goals that we have when it comes to the health and wellness services we offer. First and foremost, we want to increase engagement, which simply means we want to see our residents engage with our staff,...
Supportive Services: Immigrants & Refugees
By Maggie Howard, Supportive Services Manager You arrive in the airport and the language is strange and fast, and everything is new. You may only own what you have in your bag, and perhaps have some savings. You go through immigration and begin to adapt to the reality...
Property Spotlight September 2022 – Foothills Green
Celebrating Growth: Foothills Green Our mission at Archway Communities is simply to elevate lives. The method we have found to be our sweet spot for achieving this is through focusing on providing affordable housing, food security, and access to the supportive...
Staff Spotlight September 2022 – Bailey Dahl
Meet Bailey Dahl! “I’ve always been the little black sheep of my family,” Bailey tells me, with a chuckle, after talking about her school days and interests through college. Bailey grew up in Nashville which, when she first said this I didn’t think anything of...
Finance: Amplifying Affordable Housing Investment
By George Kelly, Chief Finance Officer Plenty of apartment complexes have a community garden or a gym, but how many have an immigration attorney on staff? Or a health clinic onsite that serves both tenants and the surrounding community? That’s one vision for...
Staff Spotlight July 2022 – George Kelly
Meet George Kelly! This month we feature one of our fearless leaders, George Kelly! It is never a dull moment when speaking with George. To this day I’m not sure how he has enough time and energy in a day to be on as many meetings as I see him in while...
Resident Spotlight July 2022 – Becky Theurer
Meet Becky Theurer! Becky Theurer has been a resident at 40 West since 2018 and has been a familiar face ever since. She regularly comes down to the office to say hi to staff, attends events, and has even been a resident member of our board. But ever since the...
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer – July 2022
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer - July 2022 In business, as in our personal lives, managing boundaries is critical to success. What are we willing to accept in relationships, business partnerships, and in obligations? It should be a simple thing: if...
Resident Spotlight June 2022 – Kimmy and Ashley Zeidenburg
Meet Kimmy and Ashley Zeidenburg! This month we begin our Teen Team Member program at Archway Communities. This is a program created to help teens entering the work field learn work skills and discover what they're passionate about. “When you work with us there...
Staff Spotlight June 2022 – Daquisha Durrah
Meet Daquisha "DQ" Durrah! I catch DQ right after she finishes up her string art class and, I’m sure, right before rolling into her next task. After working with DQ for a number of months you learn quickly that she is rarely sitting down or in her office. She...
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer – June 2022
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer Over the course of my career, I have found myself frustrated by the endless changes that occurred within the organizations in which I was working. Whether it was within my role as a Legislative Assistant for a U.S....
Philanthropy: Funding Supportive Services
By Georgeanne Barrett, Director of Communications and Philanthropy One of the best things about Archway is that we don’t shy away from the loftiest of goals. When our President and CEO announced that the theme for 2022 would be Bigger, Stronger, Better, not one person...
Robinson Lapp: A Celebration of Life
Friends: As you may know, Robb Lapp, our beloved Board Chair and Co-founder of Archway, passed away last Friday. Robb had surgery on Tuesday (May 3rd) to repair his shoulder which he had badly injured in a fall a few months ago. While the shoulder repair went well,...
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer – May 2022
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer - May 2022 Like so many things in life, organizational development is not linear. Some days there are breakthroughs and progress we can all see. Other days, there is progress that is less visible. And still other days,...
Resident Spotlight May 2022 – Zoukourouf Yacoub
Meet Zoukourouf Yacoub! This month we are celebrating one of our Greenleaf residents, Zoukourouf Yacoub, who has reached a monumental milestone this year of obtaining her US citizenship. An asylum-seeking refugee from the Central African Republic, and a mother...
Resident Spotlight April 2022 – Melody Longdon
Meet Melody Longdon! I received a message weeks ago from Mark, our Director of Property Operations, saying that during his visit to Willow Green he had met a resident, Melody, who shared an incredible story of her journey. She was grateful to be where she was...
Staff Spotlight April 2022 – Mariana Barchetti
Meet Mariana Barchetti! Family Heritage Mariana was born and raised in Durango, Mexico. It wasn’t until she was a teenager that she moved to the states for a chance to receive an education. “In the town I’m from there was just one elementary school,” Mariana...
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer – March 2022
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer Just as it’s unusual for a baby to be brought home from the hospital without a name, it’s equally uncommon for a real estate project to close financing and begin construction while remaining nameless. And yet, that is...
Resident Spotlight March 2022 – Mark Davis
Meet Mark Davis! Mark is always bubbly when you see him, and it was no different on this occasion, even through the phone. We check in on how things are going since I used to see him every day at 40 West, Then we get to talking about him! Mark is endlessly...
Staff Spotlight March 2022 – Sarah Blanchard
Meet Sarah Blanchard! Sarah and I began by exchanging hockey stories before we really got into the conversation. A native of Canada, mainly Toronto, Sarah is no stranger to wintertime pond hockey games and visits to the local rink. Growing up her family enjoyed...
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer – February 2022
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer Friends: “If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” So says retired Retired Navy Admiral William McRaven, whose accomplishments are too many to fit in this newsletter. He even wrote a book called...
Resident Spotlight February 2022 – Prem Tamang
Meet Prem Tamang Prem, and his son Mima, meet Maggie and me in the office at Villa Verde. David, an adult, wanted to come to help translate for his father but, after a while, it turned into a highlight of Mima as well. Both men have great attitudes and life...
Staff Highlight February 2022 – Jeff Tamburello
Meet Jeff Tamburello! Jeff and I sit down in the community room at Arapahoe Green. There are two white lounge chairs next to each other that we choose. Jeff’s chair comes with a little panda stuffed animal atop one of the arms which he places his hand on for...
Resident Spotlight January 2022 – Lynda Junker
Meet Lynda Junker! I place a call to Lynda in the morning in order to accommodate her chemo schedule. From the moment she answers she’s in a great mood. I’d come to learn that this is just her personality. No matter what trials we discussed she always says with...
Staff Spotlight January 2022 – Sheri Replane
Meet Sheri Replane! I jump on a video call with Sheri, our very own Director of Communications, and my boss, for a call much different than our typical. This time, I get to interview her for our staff spotlight, and I’m excited to spend time with Sheri learning...
A Message from Our Chief Executive Officer – January 2022
A Message from Our Chief Executive Officer Friends, I have always resisted New Year’s resolutions (and diets for that matter) because I have found them to be unsustainable. Or perhaps because, as Oscar Wilde famously put it, “I can resist everything except...
A Message from Our Chief Executive Officer – December 2021
A Message from Our Chief Executive Officer Friends, Welcome to our final newsletter of what has been a most interesting year! Notwithstanding the challenges we have faced over the past months, at Archway we have worked to keep ourselves looking ahead to...
Staff Spotlight December 2021 – Roman Casey
Meet Roman Casey! Roman answered the phone cheerfully when I called for our Staff Spotlight interview. I ask how things were going at Foothills Green and how he’s settling in, having joined our property management team just a few short months ago. After a...
Resident Spotlight December 2021 – Margaret Gibson
Meet Margaret Gibson! Margaret waits for me in Jasmine’s office down at Fountain Ridge. When I walk in both are happy to greet me, Jasmine having just finished setting out lots of food to hand out for her weekly Care and Share event. Margaret is quiet but eager to...
Colorado Gives Day
Save the date for this year's Colorado Gives Day on December 7th, 2021 For 24 hours, Colorado comes together to raise funds for local nonprofits and we’re excited to be part of the day! We invite you to join us by helping us share the news about Colorado Gives Day and...
A Year Like No Other
A letter of Gratitude Friends: As we approach the holiday season and the end of 2021, I want to express my appreciation to Archway's many supporters and partners. While 2021 was a most challenging year, we had set goals for Archway beyond just surviving the year and...
Message from the Chief Executive Officer – November 2021
A Message from the Chief Executive Officer Last month I wrote about the affordable housing crisis in Colorado where we face a growing deficit of housing units of all types, the impact of which falls most heavily on lower income families. Like so many of...
Staff Spotlight November 2021 – Maggie Howard
Meet Maggie Howard! I pull into the Villa Verde parking lot after passing through Lowry and coming very close to the future Park Hill Campus, or the former Johnson & Wales Denver campus. Villa Verde sits just tucked off East Colfax Avenue, in an area...
5 Benefits of Reading to Children
Reading is an essential aspect of our everyday lives because it’s a fundamental part of how we communicate. Immersing your child in reading helps to foster literacy and create a love of learning. As children learn to read, they begin to understand their surrounding...
The Importance of Housing Stability
Housing instability is a complex problem that comprises a variety of issues. Housing insecurity, frequent house shifting, trouble paying rent, overcrowding, living with relatives, and homelessness are all associated with housing instability. Many Americans suffer from...
Why Physical Fitness Is Essential to Living a Long, Healthy Life
One of the most essential things you can do to maintain good health is to incorporate physical fitness into your regular routine. Individuals who are at a healthy weight and who are physically active live seven years longer on average than individuals who are obese...
The Importance of Food in Our Daily Lives
The importance of food in our daily lives is something many of us take for granted. However, food security is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It is an unfortunate reality that many families in America, and throughout the world, don't know where their next...
Message from the Chief Executive Officer – October 2021
Message from the Chief Executive Officer - October 2021 Colorado is in an affordable housing crisis. A recent study concluded that we have a statewide housing deficit of approximately 175,000 units. Over the next 5 years, we will need over 54,000 units of new...
Resident Spotlight October 2021 – Mike Maze
Meet Mike Maze! I visit Cornerstone, camera in hand, to capture the magic of another weekly food bank. As I fall into conversation with a couple of residents about my camera and recent events, our Family Service Coordinator, Julie, introduces me to Mike. Mike...
The Benefits of Community
As humans, we all crave interaction with others and have a deep desire to be loved and respected. Feeling alone can be one of the most heart-wrenching emotions a person can experience, but sometimes it seems hard to build relationships with others due to different...
Resident Spotlight September 2021 – Bishnu Rai
Meet Bishnu Rai! I place a call to our resident spotlight, Bishnu Rai, and she promptly answers. After reintroducing myself and getting settled in, we jump right into getting to know Bishnu! “Where are you from, originally?” I ask, my go-to first question....
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