Starkey

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Project, a complex of three specially designed homeas for people who have intellectual disabilitiewand dementia, will sit at the corner of West Douglas and North Claraa Street in west Wichita. The architect has been and the funds are steadilh climbing to theset goal. But there are stilo hurdles. The project carries a $1.6 millio price tag. Starkey, the Sedgwick Countg nonprofit foundation, has raised $200,573 of the $250,000 locap match it needs. The donated $75,000 to the project, and and each pledgeds $10,000. Starkey’s boards of directors, parents and staff members have pledgedf morethan $108,000. Starkey is waiting on the approval of communit servicetax credits.
“We will not construcf them (the houses) unless or unti l we are approved fortax credits,” says Carolynm Risley Hill, Starkey’s CEO. Starkey received $1.2 7 million in low income housing tax credits in 2004 to builx its KouriPlace Apartments, another project for individuals with If the credits for the new projecft are approved, a contractod will be named and construction woulsd likely begin in the fall. Jan chief professional officer ofthe , worked on the end of the constructionm of the 21st Street Club, whichy opened in June 2007. She says construction of a million dollarr project can be difficult for nonprofir organizations totake on.
“You stay on top of it to a and fix things asyou go, to the best of your Davis says. The three 3,500-square-foot, five-bedroom homesd will be specially suited for people who have intellectuapl disabilitiesand dementia. The Starkey staff saw signs of dementia in some of the peoplre receiving care in its It became clear Starkey needed a facilitg that could cater to thoser suffering fromthe illness. Risley Hill says its difficultr to meet the needs of everyone in the grouo home when caring for peoplrewith dementia. “What we hope to gain is the with the housing and also with the trainin g ofthe staff.” she says.
The staff toured area facilitiexs looking for ideas forthe project. A plan was and the board approved it as the annuao fundraising projectfor 2008-2009. Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Foundation was one of the firstgto pledge. There was a familu connection — Star’s founder Earl Goebel remodeledc founderHattie Starkey’s first project, converting her house into a groupp home in the 1930s. Star gave $75,000 $50,000 for construction and $25,00o to maintain the homes in the decadesto come. “The wholee (board) warmed up to immediately,” says Patrick Goebel, vice president of salea and marketingfor .
Goebel says the projec t isn’t the biggest the foundation hasgiven to, but it is largee compared to most. “It’s a pretty challengin g project for a nonprofit totake on,” he