The annual JJCA ornament is a highly-competitive event. Check out just a few of this year’s entries, including a “JJCA-opoly” board, commemorating the 20th anniversary. If you look closely you’ll see that it incorporates every project included in our 20th anniversary series, along with several other “chance” items. Nice ornament, Linda Mark!
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Santa baby, we’ve grown the family
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Welcome to the world… Nelson Madison, son of Tim Morgan, born May 9 (not long after Tim finished his first half marathon); Lily Elizabeth, daughter of Steven Reutter, born November 10; Ethan Henry, son of Stephanie Pielich, born November 6; Owen Willis, son of Rachael Spangler, born December 10; plus Linda Mark welcomed a new niece in October. And we have one to grow on: Jill Whitfield is expecting in April 2012! |
| Joy to the world, the Lord is come!  |
David Johnson had a unique Easter experience on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, where he joined a group of Christians from around the world who didn’t know one another but met to celebrate Easter together. |
| Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. in a new home built for mommy, Fa la la la la, la la la la.  |
A “first for Noel”: Noel Bendure’s mom built the first house he ever designed! |
| See the blazing Yule before us, Fa la la la la, la la la la |
David Brown installed a new wood-burning fire place! |
| Renovate the kitchen – FLOOR US! Fa la la la la, la la la la.  |
Jason Putnal renovated his kitchen (and sent his daughter off to college at Auburn!) |
| Hark the herald, angels sing! | The 2011 Christmas Cantata at Gallatin First United Methodist Church was dedicated to Susan Sanders‘ mother, who will retire from the Chancel choir this year after 50 years! |
| Dashing through the snow, in a Taurus, not a sleigh - O’er the streets he goes, (better not be) texting all the way |
Julie Carpenter’s 16 year old son got his driver’s license! |
| Bells at Epcot ring, making spirits bright, what fun it is to laugh and sing at Disney World, ALRIGHT! |
Julia Covington, Keith, and kids had a blast on their first trip to Disney World! |
| OH! Wedding bells, wedding bells, wedding on the way  |
Ben Lorance got engaged to his high school sweetheart! |
| Oh what fun we’ve had this year, HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY! | For good work, good people, new clients and friendships, we thank you all for a terrific 20th year! |
We design all of our plans with the hope and expectation that they will truly become spaces where people can heal, learn, play, or work. So it is particularly gratifying when one of the projects we’ve been so involved with elicits the type of feedback found in this recent LSJ.com report of the new AL!VE health and wellness center in Charlotte, Michigan. Thank you Jane.
In our twenty years of working with community hospitals, we’ve become pretty adept at scaling many of the concepts used by much larger hospitals so that smaller hospitals can leverage them. From green design principles, to evidence-based design – we’ve developed our own set of best practices that deliver large-scale results to smaller-scale facilities. Our award-winning design of North Valley Hospital back in 2007 gave us the opportunity to hone our skills on Planetree - or patient-centered design principles – and integrate those into our set of best practices. Creating special places for healing is how we describe it at JJCA, and we had the opportunity to make that “official” with the certification of North Valley as a Planetree facility. North Valley has become a highly toured facility for hospitals interested in better understanding the value of the Planetree process; so much so, in fact, that the hospital foundation has been able to raise money by charging for these tours.
Given that one of the tenets of Planetree is the incorporation of art and nature into design, it was certainly an advantage for us that North Valley Hospital is located in scenic Whitefish, Montana. Our goal was to give every patient a view of majestic Glacier National Park. One of our challenges was balancing wide-open mountain views with the need for privacy on occasions when patients required transportation between clinical services and the patient wing. Our specially designed “railroad crossing doors”, integrated into several facilities since, provided the ideal solution. Translucent glass doors stay open until or unless a patient needs to be transported, at which point a staff member simply pushes a button that closes these doors on the mall and then automatically reopens them after a set period of time.
Apparently the view from the “outside in” is as stunning as that from “inside out”! When the hospital was first built, there were initially some complaints that people couldn’t find it. So of course we were concerned there might be a signage issue. As it turns out, it had nothing to do with signage. The community simply couldn’t believe that something that looked like a resort hotel was actually their new hospital!
See additional photos and learn more about our work at North Valley, including the funding of the facility with HUD 242, here.
