Long Community at Highland (Lancaster, PA)
Client: Presbyterian Senior Living
Contact: Rodney Fenstermacher. Corporate Director of Construction & Environmental Services
Professional Services Provided:
- Athletic Fields
- Erosion & Sedimentation Control
- Highway Occupancy Permitting
- Land Development Plan
- Master Planning
- Planning Module
- Potable Water Design
- Roadway Improvements
- Sanitary Sewer Design
- Sketch Plans
- Stormwater Improvements
- Stormwater Management
- Subdivision
- Traffic Impact Study
- Zoning
ELA Group was contracted by Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) to find a solution to the needs at The Long Home, a historic assisted living facility in Lancaster, PA, owned by PSL. The Long Home found it increasingly difficult to meet the growing needs of its residents.
It was determined that a new senior living community needed to be established to meet the rising demand for independent senior living facilities in Lancaster County. PSL acquired a 13-acre tract adjacent to the Highland Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, PA, to develop The Long Community at Highland.
ELA aided Presbyterian Senior Living in acquiring zoning variances and in preparing supporting documentation required to accompany applications for funding through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The Long Community consists of three principal apartment buildings with dedicated below-grade parking. In total, the community provides 202 senior living units, 275 parking spaces, and a network of pedestrian trails that tap into an existing trail network.
In addition to designing these site amenities, ELA provided infrastructure design, including roadway widening, water and sewer, and stormwater management, to accommodate future site improvements.
Awards: Certificate of Merit award regarding Smart Growth Leadership Awards – 2012.
