Seven Green Grads and Green Valley
THE advertisements in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE sometimes have an interesting Dartmouth story behind them, and this happens to be so for the full-page Tucson Green Valley advertisement in this issue. Seven Dartmouth graduates are involved in the creation of this new retirement center, one of the finest and most comprehensively planned in the nation. The "Green" in the name Tucson Green Valley was no accident.
The Dartmouth men are Edward H. Kenerson '03, Charles M. French '24, A. Russell Treadway '24, John B. Kenerson '28, Lee A. Chilcote '30, William A. Chilcote '43, and Charles C. Richardson '44. They have combined forces with Maxon Construction Company to build Tucson Green Valley. Chilcote, French, and Richardson are officers and directors.
The site of this new retirement city was chosen primarily for its climate and setting. While winter temperatures are comfortably similar to those of neighboring Tucson and Phoenix, summer temperatures are cool by comparison because of the 3000-foot elevation. The site gently slopes toward the east and the Santa Cruz River and is barely ten miles northwest of the base of Mt. Wrightson with an elevation of 9,432 feet.
Seven different communities, ranging from inexpensive apartments to luxury homes, are planned for Tucson Green Valley. Architecture is Spanish Colonial and Territorial. Retirees with a green thumb will be able to try their luck on IVi -acre farmsteads irrigated by a plentiful water supply. Horses may be kept in private corrals or in central stables provided for all Green Valley residents. Less enterprising alumni can live leisurely in Town Houses convenient to the bank, shopping center, and medical center. In Green Valley Acres and Foothills, the retiree can build moderate- to luxury-priced homes high above the valley.
The medical program will include a medical clinic, nursing homes, and hospital. The plans for the medical program have been discussed with many doctors from various parts of the United States, who have been of great assistance in planning and financing the program.
The University of Arizona Foundation, which is the sponsor of the first apartments, under $12.5 million F.H.A. guaranteed financing, will provide the cultural influence. Various church and other non-profit groups are expected to build additional apartments as needed.
Whether the alumni group aligned with Maxon Construction Company can make the green of Green Valley predominantly the Dartmouth shade remains to be seen, but they hope to interest a large number of their fellow Big Green alumni in settling there.
