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PBJ, Executive Insights - Oct. 2024
Executive Insights with Dr. Derenda Schubert
Candace Beeke, market president and publisher of the Portland Business Journal, recently spoke with Derenda Schubert, Ph.D., about the partnerships between for-profits and nonprofit organizations and how critical they are. Schubert is an intergenerational champion, leading the team that created Bridge Meadows, advocating nationally for intergenerational solutions to complex social challenges, spearheading strategic planning and shaping Bridge Meadows’ expansive vision […]
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PBS Newshour - Sept. 2024
How one housing community is fostering multigenerational connections
Multigenerational living is one answer to ease the affordable housing crunch and redefine the meaning of “family.” At the Bridge Meadows apartment community, near Portland, OR, the eldest residents sign on to become trusted and nurturing mentors, caregivers, and friends to children who have experienced the trauma of being in the foster care system. Three generations — elders, foster parents, […]
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Bridge Meadows - July 2024
Welcome New Board Co-Chairs!
We invited new Board of Director Co-Chairs Anna and Tom to share their thoughts with us about how their new roles will prepare the board to Partner, Create, and Inspire Bridge Meadows toward a vision to create a world where every generation is cherished.
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TED Radio Hour - June 21, 2024
How intergenerational “villages” can help with senior loneliness and foster care
Part 1 of TED Radio Hour episode What’s driving generations apart Foster kids need stable housing and caring adults. Elders want to be part of a community. Derenda Schubert finds the answer in intergenerational “villages,” where young and old live side-by-side.
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New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative - May 23, 2024
Intergenerational housing is on the rise. Can it provide better care and affordable living?
Associate Director, Renee Moseley, LCSW, recently interviewed with NY&MI SOJO about the rise of intergenerational housing. “There’s a sense of connection that helps [people] heal in a way that they may not have been able to if they were alone.”
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Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network, 2024
Exemplary Program Distinction
After an extensive application and interview process, Bridge Meadows was incredibly honored to be named an Exemplary Program by the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network, the first-ever National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies & Kinship Families. We are so grateful for this recognition of our work and support of kinship and grandfamilies.
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Seattle Times, May 12, 2024
WA older adults fight isolation by rethinking senior housing
Elders in Washington and beyond are combating social isolation by rethinking senior housing. New community models, such as intergenerational living spaces and LGBTQIA+-affirming developments, are emerging to foster social connections between the generations and provide support. These initiatives aim to create environments that promote interaction and a sense of belonging, countering the detrimental effects of loneliness. Projects like Bridge Meadows […]
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American Society on Aging, Generations Now - April 23, 2024
Bridge Meadows: A Case for Intergenerational Housing
With more than 2.6 million children raised in grandfamilies, the challenges they face—ranging from poverty to social isolation—are significant. Moreover, children who have experienced trauma are particularly vulnerable to long-term health and behavioral issues. This article, written by our very own Lisa Steenson and Derenda Schubert, explores the profound benefits of intergenerational living.
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New York Times - Feb. 1, 2023
The Next Retirement Communities Won’t Be Just for Seniors
New developments that integrate senior housing into age-diverse apartment buildings offer a more affordable alternative to isolated suburban retirement communities.
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KXL.com - June 15, 2022
Non Profit Bridges The Gap Between Housing And Adoption
There are thousands of children in the Northwest who need a place to call home. Bridge Meadows is a non profit that provides low cost housing for families who will take in foster children.
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Beaverton Valley Times - May 31, 2022
Beaverton Foster Family Thrives at Affordable Housing Community
Local nonprofit Bridge Meadows came up with a solution to the isolation that often comes with fostering and adopting kids: affordable, community living.
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Marketwatch - May 24, 2022
Forget Pickleball and Golf. These Communities Centered Around Rarms or Gardens are Redefining Retirement
There are intergenerational places in America where octogenarians can help 8-year-olds with their math homework, residents of all ages can eat meals together, and neighbors can help care for a resident who might otherwise be in a nursing home.
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KTVZ.com - April 8, 2022
Murdock Trust grants $350,000 to new Redmond community for foster families, seniors
Learn MoreThe Portland Business Journal - December 10, 2021
Bank of America Chooses Two Portland Nonprofits for $200,000 Awards
Two Portland nonprofits have been selected by Bank of America for its Neighborhood Builders program, providing money and training for their missions of housing and feeding families and providing job skills. The bank (NYSE: BAC) named Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center + Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC + RAHS) and Bridge Meadows as awardees for the program, providing the two organizations […]
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The Nevada Independent - November 27, 2021
Intergenerational Housing Bringing Vulnerable Youth and Seniors Together Spreads to Nevada
A new Reno housing complex will pair five young women who transitioned out of foster care with five senior citizens in need of affordable housing. Affordable, intergenerational housing communities have been a growing trend since the 1990s. In Portland, Oregon, former foster youth living in dorm-style housing can pop into a nearby community of foster families and senior citizens for […]
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Portland Monthly - October 29, 2021
Purpose and Belonging in Mixed-Age Communities
Together, Bridge Meadows, Carleton Hart Architecture, and Walsh Construction Co. celebrate the opening of the latest intergenerational housing development in Redmond, which brings seniors, former foster-care children, and their adoptive parents together.
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Lenovo Story Hub - October 25, 2021
Lenovo Launches the Kind City: Interactive Global Collaboration Encourages Empathy and Creates a Future Built on Kindness
Bridge Meadows is featured as part of Lenovo’s Kind City podcast, emphasizing an new vision for cities of the future. Go to Kindcity.com.
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Central Oregon Daily News - October 22, 2021
Bridge Meadows Affordable Housing Opens in Redmond; Focus on Foster Care
The goal is companionship through community. Redmond’s new Bridge Meadows affordable housing complex off Hemlock Avenue opened Friday, offering tours to anyone who stopped by.
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KTVZ.com - October 22, 2021
Bridge Meadows Celebrates New Redmond Community
Portland-based nonprofit Bridge Meadows held a grand opening Friday for its new Redmond affordable housing community for youth formerly in foster care and for adoptive families.
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Oregon Business Magazine - September 29, 2021
Bridge Meadows Ranks #7 in 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon
Staff at this organization for youth who were previously in foster care cite flexibility, benefits, support from management, work-life balance and camaraderie among employees as reasons to love their job. “Everyone on the team is given the support they need — either personally or professionally — to do their best work and advance the mission,” says one worker.
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The Washington Post - September 14, 2021
How Housing That Mixes Young and Old Can Improve the Lives of Both
Research has shown that older and younger adults need each other: Mixed-age interactions make seniors feel more purposeful, and young people benefit from their elders’ guidance and problem-solving skills.
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Scary Mommy Blog - September 10, 2021
I Was Raised By My Grandparents, And We Could Have Used A Community Like Bridge Meadows
We lived in a big brown two story home far out on Eastern Long Island, two hours outside of New York City. From time to time, as I got older, strangers would comment, “Oh, you look just like your dad,” or “Wow, your mom is beautiful.” What these strangers did not know, and I felt too ashamed to tell them, […]
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The New York Times - August 19, 2021
‘Grandfamily’ Housing Caters to Older Americans Raising Children
Intergenerational communities are sprouting up as the need grows for homes that suit aging adults and their young charges.
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Senior Housing News - May 31, 2021
How Intergenerational Living Is Shaping New Senior Housing Models Post-Pandemic
Intergenerational housing has become a growing trend within senior living in recent years. But there is a distinction between intergenerational and multigenerational housing that developers and operators need to be cognizant of as they incorporate multiple age groups as a component of larger developments.
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KGW - May 21, 2021
From Portland to Zimbabwe, nonprofits find innovative ways to provide holistic health care
PORTLAND, Ore. — Three generations living together in a connected community, peers helping others experiencing homelessness, and grandmothers trained to offer counseling to people suffering from depression: from Portland to Zimbabwe nonprofits are innovating ways to deliver holistic health care.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review - May 3, 2021
It Takes a Multigenerational Village to Raise Foster Kids
Planned, intergenerational communities can help support families raising foster children, as well as youth and elders seeking low-income housing and community.
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November - 2020
Bridge Meadows Wins Voice for Adoption National Award
Every November, during National Adoption Month, Voice For Adoption honors individuals and organizations that have made a difference for children and families involved with the United States child welfare system. This year, we’re also pleased to be adding awards for a special family and young adult who have used their voices to champion the needs of these kids.
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KATU - December 11, 2020
Season of Giving: Bridge Meadows
Interview with KATU’s AM Northwest anchor, Helen Raptis and Bridge Meadows Executive Director, Derenda Schubert for KATU’s Season of Giving campaign.
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The Bulletin - November 19, 2020
Meyer Memorial Trust Awards Over $650k to Six Bend-area Nonprofits
…Portland based nonprofit Bridge Meadows got $275,000 in funding to increase affordable housing units in Central Oregon through replication of its intergenerational housing model in Deschutes County.
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THE ANTIDOTE - November 13, 2020
Bridge Meadows Featured in The Antidote Documentary
Made in response to the times we are living in, THE ANTIDOTE weaves together stories of kindness, decency, and the power of community in America. Bridge Meadows is one of 9 organizations featured.
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Redmond Spokesman - September 16, 2020
Center Breaks Ground for Adoptive Families and Elders
Portland-based intergenerational housing community Bridge Meadows broke ground at its new Redmond location Thursday. The development responds to Central Oregon’s critical need for safe, affordable housing and permanency-focused alternatives to foster care.
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KTVZ - September 11, 2020
New Redmond Housing to Serve Adoptive Families, Senior Mentors
A groundbreaking was held Thursday for Bridge Meadows Redmond, a housing development to serve families who adopt children out of foster care and seniors to serve as mentors to the families.
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Cascade Business News - September 10, 2020
Bridge Meadows to Celebrate Redmond Groundbreaking Today
Learn MoreOregon Business Magazine - July 7, 2020
First to Fight
Bridge Meadows Executive Director Dr. Derenda Schubert comments on the benefits of multigenerational living for Oregon Business Magazine.
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Oregon Business Magazine - April 16, 2020
Closing the Generation Gap
Advocates suggest the threat of coronavirus makes multigenerational housing more practical, not less.
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The Hill - April 4, 2020
Housing Policy Should Stop Creating Competition Between Young and Old
Bridge Meadows Executive Director Dr. Derenda Schubert comments on housing policy in this Op-Ed piece.
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Leading Age Magazine - February 16, 2020
Community as a Middle Market Strategy
If a true middle market model requires greatly reduced amenities, can the gap be filled by intentionally building a strong sense of community?
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John Erickson Podcast, iHeart Radio - November 19, 2019
Generations Find Something in Common at Bridge Meadows
We learn about Bridge Meadows, a nonprofit that provides affordable housing communities where they pair foster children, and families, and elders together for the benefit of everyone.
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Oregon Business - October 1, 2019
Bridge Meadows Ranks #4 in 2019 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in Oregon
Bridge Meadows was honored to rank as the #4 best nonprofit to work for in Oregon by Oregon Business.
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Oregon Live - August 29, 2019
Is a Tiny House the Right Fit for You? Test the Idea at the Alternative Housing Academy
…speakers at the Alternative Housing Academy include Derenda Schubert of Bridge Meadows, who is an expert on innovative intergenerational communities, and Marc Leach, who produces podcasts, videos and other information for Keep Your Daydream.
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Portland Business Journal - April 16, 2019
Former City Commissioner Dan Saltzman Takes on a New Gig with a Growing Portland Nonprofit
Ten years ago, he helped the nonprofit Bridge Meadows secure land for its first location in North Portland. Now, former Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman has joined the Bridge Meadows board of directors.
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OPB Think Out Loud - March 22, 2019
Foster Children and Youth Deserve Better
After a 2018 audit of Oregon’s foster care system, which revealed an agency in crisis, OPB’s “Think Out Loud” began a series of interviews to understand more about the problems and who is affected by them. We talked to parents, children, caseworkers and others about their experiences with the system. The problems are complex, interrelated and large: Oregon has a significantly higher number of kids in foster care, compared […]
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NPR Marketplace - December 7, 2018
A new program helps foster kids by providing affordable housing for adoptive parents and seniors
On any given day, there are over 400,000 kids in foster care in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A little more than half will find homes. For kids and parents making that transition, the Bridge Meadows housing community in Portland, Oregon is experimenting with inter-generational living to help the new families work.
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12 Neighbors - 2018
Bridge Meadows in 12 Neighbors
12 Neighbors is a documentary film series asking the most important question : What does it really mean to love your neighbor? Watch Bridge Meadows featured in Epiosde 5B.
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Portland Business Journal - December 4, 2018
Portland Business Journal’s 2018 Transformer Awards
Bridge Meadows, along with our partner New Avenues For Youth, was honored at the Portland Business Journal’s 2018 Transformer Award Luncheon.
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TED Talks - November 23, 2017
The Superpower of Intergenerational Living
Executive Director Dr. Derenda Schubert talks about her life experience and why she’s passionate about intergenerational living.
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Yes Magazine - September 25, 2016
Strangers Become Family at this Multigenerational Housing Project
After a long day of preschool, 5-year-old Joaquin Crowell still has energy to burn. He bounds from a TV cartoon to a magnetic fishing game, from blowing up a green balloon to listening to his favorite story, Bedtime for Frances.
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PR Web - October 13, 2014
Bridge Meadows Wins 2014 Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence
The Eisner Prize is a national award that recognizes an individual or a non-profit organization for efforts to unite multiple generations – especially seniors and youth – and bring about positive, lasting changes in their communities.
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ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT: PBS NEWSHOUR- 2014
Taking Care
At a special housing development in Oregon, families who adopt foster children live side by side with seniors who volunteer their time in exchange for affordable rent. The NewsHour’s Cat Wise reports how members of the intergenerational community find support and connection together.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review - Fall 2013
Bridging the Generations
Older people and foster families are forming mutually supportive communities, with help from a group called Generations of Hope.
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