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This season's edition of The Capital Issue features a guest column by Lee Buckner, partner at BBH Design, on the Critical Access Hospital Prototype Study, as well as a timely article on the housing market's effect on affordable housing. In Senior Living, Lancaster Pollard client Palm Village in California is trying an innovative new project that offers home ownership within a Continuing Care Retirement Community, and we are pleased to share their story.

As always, if you have any suggestions on topics you would like covered, please contact editor Elizabeth DeForest. We remain at your service.

- Thomas R. Green, CEO

Feature

Keeping the Back Burner Front of Mind: Maintaining Your Credit Profile Between Debt Financings
Organizations without immediate capital plans should understand how today's actions can affect their borrowing ability down the road. Leaders who monitor the stew that is the credit profile should always keep an eye on the back burner. [more]

Senior Living

Creative CCRC Home Ownership Option May Increase Market Share

A unique partnership between a Continuing Care Retirement Community and a developer has created what could be both an appealing housing option for younger seniors and a financially sound way for the CCRC to expand market share and attract new resi... [more]

Health Care

Designed for the Future: The Critical Access/Small Hospital Prototype Project
By Lee Buckner, BBH Design

Experience shows that replacing a hospital can be more efficient than updating an existing facility, but this presents complex design challenges.

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Affordable Housing

The Empty Threat of the Housing Bubble
As mortgage payments become more costly and the market starts to see the impact of a glut of single-family stock, the affordable housing market likely will see clear correlations in inventory and demand – but in the opposite direction. [more]

The Nonprofit Minute
The “Right Time” to Pull the Trigger on a Swap
One of the questions most frequently asked of Lancaster Pollard has been whether it is time to pull the trigger and execute a fixed-rate swap. It has been a logical question, as short- term rates have risen and organizations and their boards are copi... [more]

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