The Colonnades

Awesome place

Use to work here. Never have anything bad to say about this place! I miss them! Highly recommend them to the public.

Several years ago, my wife and I stopped by The Colonnades to visit a friend. This was a couple of years after I had a stroke. I could walk with a cane, but we were living in the mountains of North Carolina and I could no longer hike, work in the yard and do many other activities I loved. As we were leaving The Colonnades, I said to my wife, Thats a pretty nice place. I could live there. But we, especially my wife, were not ready to leave the mountains. However, a couple of years later she got tired of chipping ice on the walk and some other things, and shocked me by suggesting we take a tour of The Colonnades and really check it out. So one of our daughters joined us, we took a tour, they put us up in one of the Guest Cottages. and we signed up the next day! We had so much going on in the mountains we did not move in for about three months. But we have been here almost five years now and love it! If you want to participate, there are all sorts of activities. Some friends visited us for a couple of days and compared living here to being on a cruise ship, but on dry land. Great food, tons of activities, field trips, everything a cruise ship has to offer. We both volunteer in The Colonnades library, use the machines in the weight room, participate in several exercise classes (I can no longer walk with a cane, so I attend sit-to-be-fit where most everything is done sitting in my wheel chair), I play poker, she does bingo. and there are several bridge groups. I cant name everything, but you get the idea. There is plenty do. And transportation if you need it for doctor appointments, shopping, the movies, wherever you want to go. The people are friendly, and the staff is fantastic. Just as I said before, were living on a dry land cruise ship!

I am delighted with my new life here in this welcoming, friendly senior living community. I have been able to design exactly the active, independent lifestyle that I most enjoy, all the while knowing that any assistance that I may need in the future is available right here in this beautiful setting. For me, this is 'ageing in place' at its very best!