The Manor
After years of planning and a $4.75 million capital grant from the Provincial Government, the construction on The Manor at Whitecourt Downtown South is officially underway. On Friday, February 5, Greg Christenson, president of the Christenson Group of Companies, alongside Mayor Chichak, Mayor Burrows, MLA Martin Long and Minister of Senior’s and Housing for Alberta Josephine Pon, kicked off the long-awaited project.
The Manor is an urban village for residents to age-in-place rather than forcing them to move away from loved ones to receive care. “We find that there’s a need for couples to stay together. Often, they call it divorce by nursing home. Somebody in a couple will age more rapidly than the other spouse, so, sadly, they are broken up, and one has to go, if not to another building, but sometimes to another community,” explained Greg Christenson. Due to this sad reality, Christenson Group of Companies are focused on creating a building that allows for multiple levels of service under one roof, enabling couples to remain by each other’s side as much as possible.