Hover Community, Inc

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Beatrice's most altruistic and generous project is known as the Hover Manor. Her mother, Catherine, had first envisioned a place where the low-income elderly could live out their retirement years in dignity. It was Catherine's vision that the Hover Manor be a part of the Longmont community and it was Beatrice, who made sure that it happened. The Hover Manor was completed and residents began occupancy in 1979. At that time Beatrice was in her late 70's and ready to retire from managing the family holdings. She moved to an apartment at Hover Manor and continued to flourish through her interests and hobbies until 1991. She approached the pastor of her beloved Episcopal Church and asked if the church could take over the management of the Hover "community". Sadly, her church leaders did not know the first thing about managing retirement housing. Happily, a cousin advised Beatrice that the Methodists did know how! In fact, the Methodists had a local organization, the Rocky Mountain United Methodist Homes and Ministries(RMUMHM), already in place, managing retirement facilities. The RMUMHM managed the Hover Manor, the Hoverhome and Frasier Meadows Manor in Boulder for several years with the help of a volunteer Board of Directors. In 1987 RMUMHM was reorganized to allow for de-centralized management of each facility. In 1989 the Hover Community, Inc. was established and construction of the Beatrice Hover Personal Care Unit began...

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