| Pine Plains, a small quaint community in Northeastern | | | | need arise. The condos all have hardwood floors, gas |
| Dutchess County in the Mid Hudson Valley of New | | | | fireplaces, sliding doors to rear patios and full |
| York, is the locale of a new 55+ community named | | | | basements that can be finished our used for storage. |
| Towne Center, perhaps the only 55+ community in | | | | Each unit also has an attached one car garage. There |
| Northern Dutchess County. | | | | is a small fitness center planned in the future. The |
| The Towne Center development is pleasantly | | | | units will be in the $250,000 to $350,000 price range. |
| surprising. Currently there is only one building which | | | | Common charges are currently scheduled to be |
| contains the completely furnished model home and | | | | approximately $150 per month and will cover grounds |
| sales office. The community is set back off the road | | | | keeping, exterior maintenance and snow removal. |
| with buildings of 4 to 6 units that will be nicely spaced | | | | The location of the community allows residents the |
| along a meandering road with several cul-de-sacs. The | | | | ability to walk into the center of town on sidewalks |
| land slopes uphill and there are some beautiful rock | | | | where they can find all the services they need. There |
| outcroppings. Adjacent to the community is a VA | | | | is a grocery store, drug store, bank, post office, |
| center and the same building will house doctors and | | | | restaurant and all of the usual small town services. |
| services affiliated with Sharon Hospital. The original | | | | Stissing Mountain, a lovely lake, a golf course and |
| plan called for 48 units but very recently approval | | | | horseback riding all are available in the immediate area. |
| was given to double the number of units to 96. | | | | It is very exciting to see 55+ housing coming into this |
| All the units are single level with 2 bedrooms and a | | | | area. It has been an unfortunate circumstance that |
| very open floor plan. The ceilings in the | | | | many seniors must leave the Northern Dutchess |
| living-dining-kitchen area are cathedral and give a | | | | County area after spending many years there |
| wonderful feeling of spaciousness. All the doorways | | | | because there is no appropriate housing. If you are |
| are wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs and | | | | 55+ it is worth checking out this new community |
| the vanities are also built to allow wheelchair | | | | The communities of Red Hook and Tivoli NY are in |
| accessibility. You do not get the feeling, however, | | | | one of the most desired areas of the Hudson Valley; |
| that these units are specifically for those with | | | | Tivoli NY real estate is especially inviting. |
| disabilities but rather just built to serve should the | | | | |