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Village Shalom company history timeline

1912

Ten years later, their vision began to assume tangible form with the chartering of the Moshav Zkeinim Home for the Aged Society in 1912.

1919

In 1919, a 14-room house at 29th and Troost was donated to the society by an oil magnate named Herman Appleman.

1950

On September 3, 1950, the Home for the Jewish Aged was dedicated.

1967

The home underwent a subtle name change to the Jewish Home for the Aged in 1967, as the organization had begun to care for a larger number of nonJewish residents.

1970

In 1970, the organization changed its name again to the Geriatric and Convalescent Center to reflect its increased range of services.

1978

Thanks in part to funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Shalom Plaza Retirement Apartment Complex located adjacent to the JGCC’s campus was dedicated on April 30, 1978.

1985

After partnering with the Shalom Plaza Apartments, the organization was renamed as the Shalom Geriatric Center in 1985.

1998

A major capital campaign that raised nearly $20 million would bring this vision to life, and ground broke on a 26-acre continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located at 123rd and Nall in October 1998.

2000

Village Shalom opened its doors in June 2000.

The center adopted the Village Shalom name in 2000.

2012

Village Shalom celebrated a century of service to Kansas City families in May 2012.

2018

In 2018, Village Shalom broke ground on a major campus expansion and repositioning project that nearly doubled our footprint.

2020

The expansion officially opened in 2020.

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