A Purchase connection by way of Arizona

When prospective Broadview at Purchase College resident Michelle Wiznitzer put a deposit down on a residence at the new university-based retirement community, she knew she”™d be connecting with the college. But she didn”™t imagine it would be so soon. 

Wiznitzer, who plans to move to Broadview when it opens in the fall, was thrilled when she recently met Purchase College graduate and Grammy Award winner Samara Joy at a concert in Arizona. Joy, a 2021 alumna of Purchase”™s Jazz Studies program, just received two Grammys ”“ Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album. She”™ll also receive one of ArtsWestchester”™s Arts Awards April 19. 

“During the break she came out and met with everyone,”™”™ Wiznitzer said. “I was able to get her to sign a copy of her Grammy-winning CD ”˜Linger On”™ and pose for a pic. I told her that I was moving into that new community in Purchase that they were building on the campus.”™”™ 

This is just the kind of connection Wiznitzer said she is hoping to make at Broadview. As a retirement community on the campus of Purchase College, a conservatory-style school that”™s part of the State University of New York system, Broadview champions intergenerational collaboration and lifelong learning. In a unique concept, its Founders Learning Commons building is designed for students and charter members to learn together. 

With 95% of residences already reserved, Broadview at Purchase has more than 300 charter members like Wiznitzer, who are already forming a sense of community through virtual programming and meetups. Indeed, Wiznitzer said she was so taken with Joy that she”™s going to see her concert again in March when she”™s in Seattle. 

Broadview is being codeveloped by Senior Care Development LLC and LCS Development LLC and will be operated by Life Care Services. It”™s now hiring in a “wide range of positions,” said Connie Hewitt, Broadview human resources director. For more, visit broadviewseniorliving.org.