City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0098R

• File #: 09-0098R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State and City Capital Investment in the Green House Residences at Stadium Place
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/12/2009
• In control: Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
• Final action: 2/23/2009
• Title: In Support of State and City Capital Investment in the Green House Residences at Stadium Place FOR the purpose of expressing support of State and City capital investment in the Green House Residences at Stadium Place, Maryland’s first Green House long-term care facility, a model of sustained independence and respectful care for frail, elderly adults, proposed for Stadium Place in Baltimore City and in service to the entire Region: It’s Not a Nursing Home. It’s the Newest “Miracle on 33rd Street”.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/23/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
1/26/2009	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/15/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
1/12/2009	0	City Council

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State and City Capital Investment in the Green House Residences at Stadium Place

FOR the purpose of expressing support of State and City capital investment in the Green House Residences at Stadium Place, Maryland’s first Green House long-term care facility, a model of sustained independence and respectful care for frail, elderly adults, proposed for Stadium Place in Baltimore City and in service to the entire Region: It’s Not a Nursing Home. It’s the Newest “Miracle on 33rd Street”.
Body
WHEREAS, With 85-plus as our nation’s fastest growing age-group, traditional long-term care models require a dramatic “make-over” to ensure our burgeoning population of frail, elderly patients, especially those of low-to-moderate income, the financial access, personal respect, and family environment that promote well being and independence; and

WHEREAS, Like their daughters, sons, and grandchildren, our frail elderly prize their independence and resist the loss of dignity, independence, and even hope that they associate with “commitment” to the hospital-like settings of today’s typical nursing home environments; and

WHEREAS, In Baltimore, Maryland, the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO), a leading non-profit organization, has developed almost 400 low-to-moderate income apartments for the elderly on...