How do you get couples who have spent the last 20 years living in south metro Denver to take a serious look at a community in Broomfield bordering Boulder County? You offer them a big, new ranch plan with views, maybe a walkout, at prices they can’t possibly find down in Littleton or Douglas County – from around $300,000.

Tim and Barbara Husby, who moved to Anthem Ranch from Highlands Ranch, brief on a release of sites backing to Boulder County Open Space, by Del Webb’s Melanie McKenna.

Tim and Barbara Husby are doing more than looking. After a visit to Anthem Ranch, Highway 7 at Lowell, the Highlands Ranch couple put their house on the market, and their names on a list for a new release of sites backing to Boulder County Open Space. (Their Highlands Ranch house sold rapidly…and now they’re renting in Anthem Ranch, meeting the neighbors, while getting ready to build). more »

When senior housing exec Ken Jaeger was working his way up through the retirement-living industry, he began imagining a better way to handle the decisions families make when parents move beyond the point of living alone. “Daughters were always telling us, ‘I want Mom to be safe and secure,’” Jaeger recalls; “but mom would say, ‘I want to be independent.’”

Ken Jaeger and Katie Yoho of MorningStar Senior Living join residents Marian Hoskinson (left), Dorothy Kinsley and Betty Peters, outside their community in Applewood. more »

Heritage Eagle Bend, on the Arthur Hills golf course off E-470 at Gartrell Road, is celebrating its 10th anniversary…a retirement community that may be getting younger now rather than older. Six months ago the community changed its minimum age from 50 to 45 years (spouses can be younger), and already has six new owners that have joined within that more youthful niche.
General Manager Jeff Powles joins agents Barb Nelson of Cherry Creek Properties and Gwen Arnold of Re/Max Masters at Heritage Eagle Bend’s clubhouse.

Sunday, May 2, you can celebrate with residents at Heritage Eagle Bend’s Open House, featuring 28 homes on the re-sale market (the last new homes sold out two years ago). The tour is free; there are drawings for dinner and golf giveaways. Visit five homes and you’ll qualify for free appetizers and two-fers at the clubhouse’s Eagles Nest bar, a chance to kick back and talk with residents about how they like their lifestyle. more »