NJ Deaf Senior Housing

SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS

• POPULATION to Support Housing

• SAFETY

• LOCATION– SHOPPING– PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION– HOSPITAL– COST– DEAF COMMUNITY

NJ Counties

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NJ COUNTY POPULATION2010 CENSUS

NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH

BERGEN 884100 HUNTERDON 122000 ATLANTIC 252500

ESSEX 793600 MERCER 350800 BURLINGTON 423400

HUDSON 609000 MIDDLESEX 750200 CAPE MAY 102300

MORRIS 470200 MONMOUTH 615300 CUMBERLAND 146400

PASSAIC 489000 SOMERSET 297500 GLOCESTER 254600

SUSSEX 144200 OCEAN 510900

UNION 552500 SALEM 64300

WARREN 102400 CAMDEN 508900

TOTAL 4,045,000 2,135,800 2,263,300

NJ Population

• Population from 2010 census - Deaf Senior facility• NORTH NJ 4,045,000  None• CENTRAL NJ 2,135,800  Amber Court Elizabeth• SOUTH NJ 2,263,300  Leisure Chateau Lakewood• NORTH NJ and NY NONE• CENTRAL NJ & Philadelphia Valley View

• NORTH NJ and NY COMBINED largest population for 1st NJDSH

• 2nd location later SOUTH NJ and PHILADELPHIA• TOMS RIVER??????

Affordable HousingCOAH

• NJ Council on Affordable Housing [COAH] has 3 of the top 4 affordable housing unit requirements over the next 10 years in Morris County.  Although there are some changes recently in COAH - discussions in legislature

Morris - Parsippany 1744Bergen - Mahwah 783Morris - Rockaway 531Morris - Mt Olive 505

SENIOR HOUSING Location in North Jersey

MORRIS COUNTY or BERGEN COUNTY?• BOTH are SAFE• COST

– Lower in western Morris County compared to Bergen– Area ‘in need of rehabilitation” eligible for tax abatement– Dover, Roxbury, Netcong possible in Morris Cty

• PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION– BERGEN IS PRIMARILY TO NY– MORRIS HAS MORE LOCAL and to NY

• SHOPPING• HOSPITALs

Transportation Morris Cty

• The Rt 46, Bloomfield Ave and Rt 10 corridors include Parsippany/Dover/Sparta. There are many smaller shopping centers with supermarkets and 3 Major Malls

• These corridors link with Essex, Sussex and Union Counties and NY 

• Convenient Train and Bus – 23 Bus lines• Also all of the towns have Morris Area Paratransit

and/or Dial a Ride• Rt 80 links with NY and Pennsylvania• Rt 287 links North, Central and South

SENIOR HOUSING NEEDSMORRIS COUNTY

• SHOPPING– ROXBURY MALL– ROCKAWAY MALL– WILLOWBROOK MALL– MANY GROCERY STORES ON RTs 10 and 46

• 4 HOSPITALs– Morristown Memorial– St Clare’s Denville and Dover– Chilton Memorial

• COST LESS in western Morris County

• SAFE

DEAF COMMUNITY SUPPORT

MORRIS COUNTY– MOUNTAIN LAKES SCHOOL DEAF– MORRISTOWN MEM HOSPITAL

• US Deafness Workshop for Doctors, Nurses

– SENIOR HOUSING• MEETING SPACE for Deaf, HoH, ALDA Clubs• SOCIAL SERVICES

LOCATION DECISION

1ST NJ LOCATION

WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY

MUST HAVE SUCCESS AT

FIRST LOCATION

THEN START 2ND LOCATION