Different Generations, One Housing Community

Jonathan Curtis's housing story includes Bridge Meadows Redmond, where he says he served as manager. The community brought together older adults and families, while his responsibilities included maintenance, repairs, move-ins, weekly events, and assistance referrals.

Bridge Meadows describes intergenerational communities for families affected by foster care and elders age 55 and older (Bridge Meadows). Curtis places his own account of weekly events and assistance referrals within that setting.

Curtis says he handled the physical needs of the property and helped new residents move in. Those duties provide a practical starting point for understanding his management role within the larger community.

The organization's stated goal includes permanence of home and family for youth affected by foster care, and it describes families in the process of adopting or permanently fostering youth (Bridge Meadows). That is more precise than describing the model as a general birth-family reunification program.

Its housing approach includes family homes and elder apartments, with spaces intended to encourage connection between generations (Bridge Meadows). Those features provide context for the community gatherings Curtis says he organized.

The intergenerational approach treats older adults as contributors as well as residents. The program profile emphasizes the strengths people bring and opportunities for residents to help shape community activities (Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network). Within that setting, organizing a gathering means making room for people to participate, not simply filling a calendar.

The setting asked Curtis to work in a community with people at different stages of life. Maintenance, move-ins, events, and referrals were the contributions he describes making within that shared place.

Curtis says he is a follower of Jesus Christ and that faith is a big part of his life. It is one of the commitments he wants represented in a portrait that also includes his work and family.

He also describes growing up with eight siblings and now being a father. His own family background is one part of his life, separate from the circumstances of the families at work.

The weekly events were one part of the management work he describes. Alongside repairs and move-ins, they created a recurring opportunity for people in the community to gather.

His account is of contributing to a community already built around connection. The organization's model gave the setting its purpose; Curtis describes taking responsibility for practical work within it.

The distinctive subject is the combination of property operations and an intergenerational setting. Curtis says he helped turn Bridge Meadows Redmond around, and describes maintenance, move-ins, events, and referrals as parts of his work. Curtis says that, through his work at Bridge Meadows Redmond, he also helped families feel safe again.

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