[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VILLAGE AT ST. BARNABAS

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 19, 2005

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate the Village at St. Barnabas on its 25th Anniversary, and 
recognize the exemplary performance of service that the organization 
provides the 4th District of Pennsylvania.
  Founded in 1980 as part of the St. Barnabas Health System, the 
Village at St. Barnabas is currently home to 300 happily retired 
Pennsylvanians. The Village began as Western Pennsylvania's first 
retirement community. A growing senior population, living longer and 
healthier lives, produced a need for worry free lifestyle options. 
Therefore, William V. Day decided to expand the St. Barnabas Healthcare 
System to include a retirement community. Ground was broken on the $16 
million project in 1979 and when construction was finished, the 252 
room complex was open for business. Currently, the Village at St. 
Barnabas complex includes a full service restaurant, a health club, 
indoor mall, library, crafts rooms, an auditorium and social rooms that 
include an English Pub and the Williamsburg room, that is reserved for 
special dining.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in 
honoring the Village at St. Barnabas. It is an honor to represent the 
Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania and a pleasure to salute 
the service of organizations like the St. Barnabas Healthcare System 
and the Village at St. Barnabas that make the communities that they 
reside in truly special.

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