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Welcome to EFA's 2023
REMODEL/RENOVATION
COMPETITION
N ORDER FOR senior living communities to remain competitive, attract new residents, and best
serve existing residents and staff , it's critical for spaces to be refreshed and, at times, reinvented.
On the following pages, you'll fi nd three projects that stood out for successfully breathing new life
into existing spaces to better meet the needs of all. Here in the 15th
annual EFA Remodel/Renovation
Competition, Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners are highlighted, with narratives describing project goals
and how the resulting designs responded to those specifi c needs. Additionally, we have a gallery of all
projects submitted to the program this year so you can explore even more outstanding renovations. Many
thanks go out to our jury members, listed below, for taking the time to review the submissions and vote for
their favorites. And congratulations to our winners! Please join us in celebrating their accomplishments
next year during the EFA Magazine Awards Luncheon to be held at the 2024 Environments for Aging
Conference + Expo taking place April 13-16 in Atlanta.-Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, editor-in-chief
THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 REMODEL/RENOVATION COMPETITION JURY
Roger L. Beins, chief operating officer, Menno Haven Retirement Communities
Margaret Calkins, Ph.D., senior researcher and board chair, IDEAS Institute
Andrew Centanni, vice president of building design and development, Cassia
Rachelle DeGeorge, principal, interior designer, Studio 121 Inc.
Marco DePalma, president, The Belaire Group LLC
Tom Dillenbeck, senior vice president, Hobbs+Black Architects
Jennifer Fleming, owner and principal, Rice Fergus Miller
Hao Huang, Ph.D. candidate, Texas A&M University
Jim Hudgins, president, THW Design
Dinah Martin Kmetz, executive director project management, Saint Therese
Paula Ledbetter, vice president, Mather
Sharon Lessard, chief creative officer, Ensemble
Eileen Nacht, senior living studio director, RDL Architects
Stacy Peters, principal, Faulkner Design Group
Shannon Remaley, principal, Meyer
About the submissions: The Remodel/Renovation Competition submissions come from across the U.S. and
cover a variety of construction costs and project scopes. Every year, a multidisciplinary panel of invited
jurors from SAGE (Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments) reviews the submissions.
The panel includes architects, interior designers, researchers, academics, regulatory experts, and
providers. Jurors view the submissions according to their areas of expertise, then rate the submissions
and provide comments to help clarify the rationale for the rating before selecting winners. Jurors are
excluded from reviewing projects that they or their fi rms were involved with; jurors who are associated
with projects in the fi nalist round are not permitted to vote for winners. All participants pay a small entry
fee and receive coverage of their project in the Remodel/Renovation Gallery (see page 41). The top three
projects receive expanded coverage on the pages that follow. All write-ups were provided directly by the
submitting fi rms and were not edited for content by the Environments for Aging editorial staff.
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