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BEAVER DAM, Ky. (10/23/15) — Beaver Dam Village, a project to build affordable housing for the elderly in Beaver Dam, is officially open after a ribbon cutting ceremony by the Ohio County Chamber of Commerce.
On Tuesday, the day began at the Ohio County Chamber of Commerce meeting, where the meeting's sponsor, and general partner of Beaver Dam Village, Audubon Area Services, gave an overview of both the services it offers and of Beaver Dam Village.
Brandon Harley, Chief Operations Officer with Audubon Area Services, started off his talk by thanking all the partners involved with the Beaver Dam Village. He then discussed the mission of Audubon Area Services, which is to improve the quality of life for low-income children, families and individuals in western Kentucky by helping people, changing lives and building communities.
Audubon Area offers over 20 programs designed to help those with low-income. Programs such as the GRITS transportation system, which provides affordable public transportation to non-Medicaid low-income clients. Audubon Area Services also provides Head Start to young children and intensive support to their families.
Audubon Area Services also helps provide affordable housing for low-income senior citizens, which is how the Beaver Dam Village came to be.
It was just over 20 months ago, at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, Audubon Area Services announced its plans to build Beaver Dam Village.
Beaver Dam Village is an affordable housing development with 40 two bedroom units of new construction in Beaver Dam at 215 Rochester Road. Beaver Dam Village will serve families and people who are age 55 years and above.
The 40 units are divided among five buildings with a sixth building acting as an office/community room. Each unit is 833 square feet and has two bathrooms and a bath. The units come with a range, refrigerator, dishwasher and washer/dryer hookups. Two of the units are designed to aid the mobility impaired, while another unit is designed to aid the visual or hearing impaired.
All 40 units have been claimed at this time, but there is a waiting list.
At the conclusion of the Chamber of Commerce meeting, those in attendance boarded a GRITS bus and were taken to Beaver Dam Village for a ribbon cutting ceremony.
At the ribbon cutting ceremony, Ohio County Judge-Executive David Johnston presented Harley with a key to Ohio County. Chamber of Commerce President Chase Vincent presented Harley with a certificate commemorating the grand opening of the Beaver Dam Village.
