FORT PIERRE — With a bulldozer behind them, standing on top of a smooth, elevated base officials held a ceremonial ground breaking for the Yellowstone Senior Living complex in Fort Pierre. Bobbie Bowen, business development director for H-M-E Management of Brookings says while the project is not directly workforce housing, it should help create it…
The complex will create approximately 20 jobs and Bowen knows workforce is an issue…
H-M-E President Kirk Simet says the addition of independent living suites to the Yellowstone complex is in part due to longer average life spans and an increase in individuals needing memory care…
The facility will be 67-thousand square feet and hold 19 independent living suites; 31 assisted living suites and 13 memory care units. Foundations for the buildings should start to be constructed in the next month.
