By Peggy Qualls, Sales and Community Relations Manager — A longtime, active member of Kendal at Granville’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Abby Butt made a point of noting that October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Abby states, “This is important, to make others aware of the need to hire people with special needs, […]

By Resident Steve Katz — For almost 35 years, we lived in the Village of Granville, in a big historic home with a large lot, and we never put up a sukkah. So, this year, ironically, now that we live in a much more modest cottage with very little yard, my wife decided she wanted […]

By Peggy Qualls, Sales and Community Relations Manager — For folks who love their life here at Kendal at Granville, Dave Richards is a humble and mostly unsung hero. However, he deserves at least one-fourth of the credit for the fact that there even IS a Kendal at Granville! “Once upon a time” there were two couples, […]

By Resident Reed Browning — On Thursday, Sept. 20, the residents of Kendal at Granville, directed by their bye-laws, convened in “The Annual Meeting” to make the decisions that allow our system of self-governance to move into a new fiscal year. (As an explanatory note, I’ll add that, somewhat awkwardly, the fiscal year of the […]

By Resident Reed Browning — On the evening of Sept.18, the New York-based string quartet ETHEL brought its entertaining brand of musical performance to the Amelia Room at Kendal at Granville. The artists performed a program of short works from a variety of cultures, and thereby offered the audience a series of shifting and often […]

By Resident Steve Katz — Picking up on what Barbara Condon said in her June 1 blog, I would like to talk about gardens also. She loves to garden. It fulfills a need she has to nurture and grow things and that’s wonderful. I’m just the opposite. I love to LOOK at beautiful gardens, but […]

By Resident Reed Browning — At a farewell reception Aug. 27, Kendal at Granville residents thanked our summer artist-in-residence, Harrison Ponce, for the many gifts he bestowed on us over the past three months. In moving testimonials, residents spoke of how these gifts had quickened our spirits, widened our horizons, nudged us into engagements with […]

by Resident, Lee Wade I was born in the little village of Smithville, Ohio. After high school, I moved to Orrville and became a price marker at Buehrer’s. I also met Roy Wade, and we soon married. It was a long, happy marriage, and we had two children. I lost him in 2013. Meanwhile, a […]

By Peggy Qualls, Sales and Community Relations Manager — No matter what time of day you run into her, Jan always has a smile and a story for you. But, I just learned another fact that fits perfectly: Jan is also a lifelong singer. Interesting quote: “I love music so much, if I could, I […]

By Resident Ella Mae Bard — A comment by a new acquaintance makes me wonder what image people have of Kendal at Granville. She is new to the area and joining a local group. I offered her directions or a ride to her first meeting. She explained she lives in Granville. I’m at Kendal, I […]