The Villages of North Branch, an Ecumen community pictured above just north of Minneapolis has been named as one of the country’s top designed senior housing communities by a panel of judges convened by Design Magazine.

The 14-member panel of judges, which included a number of leading national architects, selected The Villages of North Branch as one of four winners for top design in the March issue of Design. Thirty-seven senior housing designs from across the nation qualified for the judging process.

The Ecumen community was honored for its focus on empowering residentsm its use of technology, household-based care philosophy and interior design. The Villages of North Branch provides assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation and nursing services.

To see what senior housing and care services looked like in North Branch before The Villages, go here. Talk about a new day.