Riley Crossing is an award-winning senior housing development located in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Riley Crossing occupies eight acres in the northeast quadrant of highways 212 and 101, and is anchored by a 136-unit senior housing structure whose primary focus is to provide independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments to senior citizens together with a full continuum of care.
In addition, there is a 92-child daycare facility built into the ground level of the facility that includes a total of six classrooms and 1 infant room, together with indoor and outdoor activity and play spaces, and dedicated area for Ebenezer’s award-winning Intergenerational Program.
This innovative program provides day care for young children and includes interaction with participants in an adult day program for seniors. Something magical happens every day at the Ebenezer Intergenerational Day Program when the young and the old spend time together. As they help each other and learn from one another, an unmistakable bond forms that rises above difference in age and ability.
Building on Ebenezer’s faith‐based heritage, our intergenerational program helps bridge the generation gap. Children learn respect for older adults and compassion for their physical limitations. Older adults maintain self‐worth by sharing their lives and experiences. Children bring life, pirit and joy to seniors on the campus, keeping them young at heart. The attention and encouragement of seniors helps children flourish.
Ebenezer Ridges Intergenerational Program received national recognition two years in a row. The 2009 Generations United Shared Site Award and the 2010 Generations United/MetLife Foundation Intergenerational Shared Site Excellence Award recognize excellence in bringing generations together.
Additionally, the site will contain eight (8) twin homes, adding sixteen more independent living units to the development. These single story twin homes will be located on the north end of the site and closest to the site entrance and West 86th Street. In total, there are 152 planned residential units on site.
