In the 1980’s, a small group of people in the lower Arkansas Valley were ready to move from their own homes, giving up lawn care, snow shoveling, and general upkeep of their property in favor of a retirement setting. By the fall of 1989, land had been purchased. Ground was broken in September of 1991 for the first eight-unit building designed for independent retirement living. With its completion, Piñon, as it became known, saw the first group of pioneers move in during the spring of 1992. The next group of eight-plexes, Cedar, Pine, Spruce, and Juniper were completed in 1993, 1995, and 1998, and Ponderosa was completed in 2001. The first two of seven duplexes were completed in the fall of 2001. Then in 2022, four newly designed duplexes were added to campus.