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Porter Hills
2006 Received Advancing Women in Leadership Award from The Women's Resource Center
2008 Larry Yachcik named as President/CEO
2008 For the 4th year in a row, voted The Best Retirement Community by Grand Rapids Magazine readers
2009 Formal affiliation with Gerontology Network
2010 I Prefer® Porter Hills program launched
2011 Collaboration established with Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids to form Marywood Home Health
2012 Emmanuel Hospice planned with partners Clark Retirement Community and St. Ann's Home
2012 For the 10th consecutive year, honored as one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in West Michigan by the Michigan Business and Professional Association

Porter Hills Village
1961 Planning committee formed
1968 Ground breaking ceremony
1970 Porter Hills Village opens in Grand Rapids Township offering residential living and skilled nursing
1972 Town home residential living added
1974 Assisted living services developed
1982 Garden Apartments West residential living added to community
1986 Harmony Hall opens for Alzheimer's care
1988 Garden Apartments East residential living added to community
1992 New Health Center wing completed, Generations Child Development Center opened and chapel added to community
1993 Received national accreditation from the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CCAC), the first in West Michigan
1996 Assisted living services expanded
1998 CCAC re-accreditation achieved
2003 Campus renovation begins
2004 CCAC re-accreditation achieved
2004 Additional town homes added
2005 35th Anniversary
2010 40th Anniversary

THE GREEN HOUSE Homes®
2009 Two 10-bed homes open in Grand Rapids Township
2009 Award of Excellence in Green Building by the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
2010 Silver LEED rating

Cook Valley Estates

2000 Opens in Grand Rapids Township offering estate homes and residential living apartments
2002 Additional estate homes added to community
2004 Residential living town homes added
2006 Meijer-Hadley Wellness Center opens

Meadowlark Retirement Village

1997 Purchased Meadowlark Retirement Village in Sparta offering residential living plus services and assisted living
2004 Additional assisted living added to community

Affordable Housing Communities

1997 Walker Meadow opens in Walker
1998 Harvest Way opens in Sparta
1999 Oak Ridge opens in Grand Rapids
2000 River Grove opens in Belmont
2002 Bailey's Grove opens in Kentwood
2005 Station Creek opens in Caledonia

LifeCircles - Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
2009 Opens in Muskegon

Porter Hills Home Care

1997 Home Health Care and Private Duty agencies established
1999 Martindill Wellness Center opens
2000 Porter Hills Rehabilitation established
2004 CHAP accreditation for Home Health and Private Duty

Porter Hills Foundation

1995 Porter Hills Foundation established