Nov 25, 2019 | Grace Ridge Blog Posts, Lifestyle, News
🔊 Listen to This Blog. With just over 200 residents and an intimate 52-acre campus, Grace Ridge has always been an open arms and inclusive retirement community where neighbors become friends and friends become family. Now, thanks to its recent accreditation as...
Oct 29, 2019 | Employee Spotlight, Grace Ridge Blog Posts, News
🔊 Listen to This Blog. Morganton native Chesley Mercado has always loved music and sharing it with others. Growing up, she played flute, violin and piano for patients at local hospitals, developmental centers and nursing homes. That passion for developing...
Jul 23, 2019 | Employee Spotlight, News
🔊 Listen to This Blog. Ten years ago, Chris Lanza traded life on the back nine to life in the kitchen. He left his dissatisfying career teaching professional golf and took a dishwashing job – eventually working his way up to executive chef of a fine dining...
Jul 2, 2019 | Employee Spotlight, Grace Ridge Blog Posts, News
🔊 Listen to This Blog. For Trudi Nowlin, Grace Ridge’s new Director of Dining Services, making the move from a hospital background to senior living provides opportunities to build long-term relationships — and add some pizzazz to meals. While leading a...
May 1, 2019 | Activities, Lifestyle, News, Residents
🔊 Listen to This Blog. One of the more crowd-pleasing activities at Grace Ridge Retirement Community is our “mystery trips.” Interested residents show up on a designated day, hop on a bus and Life Enrichment Director Evelyn Beaver takes them someplace...
Apr 17, 2019 | News, Residents
🔊 Listen to This Blog. Resident guest blog by Doreen Fish Grace Ridge enjoyed a special new relationship this 2018-19 season with the award-winning Western Piedmont Symphony. The 54th season was an exciting one highlighted by the Masterworks Series’ Maestro...
