Our Experience

The Kendal at Granville Board of Trustees draws upon the extensive knowledge of The Kendal Corporation which has been serving older adults for over 30 years. As a member of a system of nine continuing care retirement communities, four active adult communities and a life care at home program, located in six states, Kendal at Granville has access to a large pool of talented professionals who are experienced in operations.

Kendal at Granville was initiated by a small group of Granville/Licking County citizens and Denison University alumni who, in January of 1996 met to "discuss their desire to have access to a community in the Granville area which would provide a quality living environment with continuing health care" knowing that there was no such option available in Licking County at that time. The group wished to remain in or close to the Granville area and to maintain connections and relationships with their community, civic associations and Denison.

This local group was familiar with Kendal at Oberlin, a CCRC located in Oberlin, Ohio, and saw it as a model for the Granville community. They contacted The Kendal Corporation, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create, develop, support and lead a system of communities and services for older persons, in accordance with the principles of the Religious Society of Friends. The Kendal Corporation is also known for prioneering relationships between its CCRCs and institutions of higher learning. Together, the local group and The Kendal Corporation began work to determine the feasibility of a CCRC project in the Granville area and, in December of 1998, established a board of directors and incorporated the independent not-for-profit entity called Kendal at Granville.