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BEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
BROADMEAD
13801 York Road, Cockeysville. 410-527-1900. broadmead.org
Broadmead is expanding.
The lushly landscaped, 94-acre retirement community in Cockeysville is in such
high demand from Baltimore-area senior
citizens that some units have a 2-year waiting list, so the nonprofit’s owners have decided to build a second campus.
Once the facility in Sparks known as
“Broadmead at Ridgebrook” opens in the
summer of 2028, the retirement community’s capacity will increase from 298 individual homes to 378. The continuing
care center at the Cockeysville facility also
provides supportive living for 91 residents,
ranging from rehabilitation programs to
comprehensive nursing.
The Sun’s readers have voted Broadmead, which was founded on Quaker val-
ues in 1979, as Baltimore’s Best Retirement
Community — for the seventh year in a row.
The traditional Quaker emphases of
participation and community are embedded in the organization’s structure. Atypical for a retirement community, programming is planned by residents instead of
staff members, according to Kristy Krueger, Broadmead’s vice president for sales
and marketing.
“Our residents are 100% in control,” she
said, “from arranging what museums we
will visit in D.C. to selecting the artists and
performers who come to our campus.”
The Sparks facility will include 45,000
square feet of new amenity space, Krueger
said, adding that residents from the Cockeysville center will have access to the pro-
grams offered at Ridgebrook and vice
versa.
“What everybody is talking about nationally is this state-of-the-art spa and
wellness center we’re creating,” said Jay
Prince, Broadmead’s president and CEO.
“We are putting in all the tech you
would expect to find at a high-end spa.
We’ve taken inspiration from resorts like
The Four Seasons where people can enjoy an entire day of massages, facials and
other spa treatments, and focus on mindfulness goals. Our residents will also be
able to work with personal trainers to
achieve wellness in a way that our industry hasn’t done in the past.”
— Mary Carole McCauley
Jay Prince, left, is the president and CEO of Broadmead and Kristy Krueger is the vice president for sales and marketing. Broadmead, in
Cockeysville, was voted Baltimore’ Best Retirement Community for the seventh straight year. RYAN BOWIE/STAFF
