Autumn Ridge Groundbreaking Ceremony
Family Counseling Center, Inc. welcomes you to the 7.6 acre site of the new Autumn Ridge Supportive Living Facility at Vienna. This $5.2 million project with the 46-apartment facility will be comprised of one and two bedroom units. The Illinois Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Long Term Care, has approved the design and granted certification approval of the Autumn Ridge facility for individuals 65 and older, who are in need of some support, so they can live as independently as possible.
The facility will include a laundry, hair salon, and dining room with large screen television, enclosed courtyard with gazebo, walking trail, picnic area, pet walking area, lawn care, and available storage units in a safe and secure environment. Autumn Ridge will offer services such as meals, housekeeping, laundry, medication assistance, a personal response notification system, social activities, community field trips, transportation, personal quality care assistance, and 24-hour staffing seven days a week. Seventeen new jobs are expected to be generated with the Autumn Ridge Supportive Living Facility, with a considerable number of interim jobs contributing to construction.
Initial funding, which allowed Family Counseling Center, Inc. to consider this project and pay for the feasibility marketing studies, legal costs, site surveying and plot design layout, was provided by a grant from the Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone. A grant from the Illinois Affordable Assisted Living Initiative (LISC) of Chicago, added needed support funding to assist in the initial expenses, including preliminary architectural work. Peoples National Bank and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development are providing the loans to fund the completion of the site work and actual construction of the facility, parking lot, roadways and storage units.
Architect and Coordinator for the project is Architechniques, Ltd. of Herrin. Deitzen Development–Brookstone Estates of Effingham provided design concept and consultation support. Other entities contributing to the project include Shawnee Survey and Consulting of Vienna, Haines Engineering Consultants, LLC of DuQuoin, Holcomb Foundation Engineering Company of Carbondale and Clarida-Zeigler Engineering Inc. of Marion. Mott Excavating, Inc. of Vienna has completed the site work and Evrard-Strang Construction Inc. of Marion was awarded the general contract to build the Autumn Ridge Supportive Living Facility. Illinois Egyptian Building and Trades Construction Council union members will be utilized in the facility construction.
Family Counseling Center, Inc. Board of Directors
Arlin Rhoads, President – Pope County
James Lowery, Vice President – Pope County
Christy Goins, Secretary/Treasurer – Pope County
Darlene Hamilton – Hardin County
Pat German – Hardin County
Judith Barnard – Hardin County
Brenda Latham – Johnson County
Pam McCuan – Johnson County
Norma Turok – Johnson County
Administrative Management
Larry W. Mizell, Executive Director
Connie Duncan, Director of Developmental Services & Supportive Living
Robin Hawk, Division Director of Behavioral Health, Youth, Adult and Substance Abuse
Rita Peyton, Division Director of Administrative Services
Nora Beth Hacker, Division Director of Financial Services
Greg Winter, Accountant
Funding Sources
Peoples National Bank
Illinois Affordable Assisted Living Initiative
USDA Rural Development
Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone, Inc.
Special Recognition and Acknowledgment
U.S. Congressman John Shimkus
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich
Larry Woolard, Assistant Director, Southern Illinois Economic
Development, IDCEO
State Senator Gary Forby
State Representative Brandon Phelps
Kelly Cunningham, Bureau Chief, Illinois Department of Health
and Family Services (IDHFS)
Sharon Wood, Supervisor of Policy Development, IDHFS
Kara Helton, Supportive Living Facility Coordinator, IDHFS
Susan Przada, Regional Supr, Bureau of Long Term Care, IDHFS
Wayne Smallwood, Life Services Network
Michael Dietzen, President, Dietzen Development
Caroline Dietzen, Dietzen Development
Bill Bonan II, Community Bank President, Peoples National Bank
Mike Haake, Peoples National Bank
Sheldon Keyser, Consultant, Peoples National Bank
James (Rusty) Wanstreet, Area Director, USDA, Rural Development
Leeann Denny, Area Specialist, USDA, Rural Development
Cathy Abell, Area Specialist, USDA, Rural Development
Darrell Bryan, USDA Rural Development
Ernie Henshaw, President, SIDEZ Board of Directors and
Johnson County Commissioner
Donna Raynolds, Executive Director, SIDEZ
Barbara Beck, Illinois Affordable Assisted Living Initiative
Steve Sims, President, Architechniques, Ltd.
Curt Orso, Architechniques, Ltd.
Gerald Wharton, Architechniques, Ltd.
Rodney Evrard, President, Evrard and Strang Construction
Mike Strang, Vice President, Evrard and Strang Construction
Jeff Whitehead, Site Superintendent, Evrard & Strang Construction
Mitch Garrett, President, Shawnee Surveying and Consulting
Jason May, Shawnee Surveying and Consulting
Brian Zeigler, Clarida and Zigler Engineering
Robert Haines, Haines Engineering Consultants
Morris Mott, Mott Excavating
Bob Dover, Engineer, Illinois Department of Transportation
Kim Duke, Ameren CIPS
Don Sanders, President, Johnson County 2000
Tom Caliper, Executive Director, Egyptian Building and
Construction Trades Council
Rick Nannie, Chairman, Johnson County Board of Commissioners
Glen Brown, Johnson County Commissioner
Chesley Williams, Mayor, City of Vienna
Vienna City Council – Kevin Breeden, Jim Evans, Bill Elliott,
Greg Gorden, Jerry Pippins, Gary Scoggins
Debbie Lippincott, Staff Representative, AFSCME Council #31
Rhonda Henderson, President AFSCME Local #3513
Patricia McMeen, Family Counseling Center, Attorney of Law
Robin Harper-Whitehead, County Clerk, Johnson County
Richard (Rick) Wiggs, Shawnee Title and Abstract Company
George Galeener, Previous Land Owner
Connie Duncan, Family Counseling Center – Division Director
of Developmental Services and Supportive Living
Greg Winter, Family Counseling Center – Accountant
Linda Tanner, Executive Secretary, Johnson County Chamber
of Commerce
John Kreuter, President, Johnson County Chamber of
Commerce
Jonathan Voltz, President, Johnson County Revitalization
Vienna Civic Club
Wayne Dunn, Past Member of SIDEZ Board – Johnson County
Housing Committee
Willard Murrie, Member of SIDEZ Board – Johnson County Housing Committee
Vienna High School Administration & Board of Education
Vienna Grade School Administration & Board of Education
Ken Gerdes, USDA Department of Agriculture
Ben Adams, Country Companies Insurance
Josh Stafford, Vienna High School
Community Individuals, too numerous to mention, who wrote
letters of support, made phone calls and attended
meetings
Special Thanks For Coordinating Today’s Activities
Rosemary Rouse, Scott Murray, Warren Jackson, Jennifer
Applegate, Suzanne Aldrich, Shay Farner, Marsha Hayes, Rebecca Rednour, Brandy Maynor, Robin Hawk and Connie Duncan
