"Windsor House" Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The new Windsor facility to care long term for patients with memory problems had its ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday. The facility, called Windsor House, is at the end of Rhodes Ave behind the hospital off U.S. 17.




The Executive Director of the facility, Ellen Bunch (shown below), opened the ceremony and welcomed everyone to the event.




Mayor Bob Spivey gave a benediction for our Men and Women in Uniform and then presided over the ceremony to bless the American Flag.




Officers Martin Phelps (shown below on the left) of the Windsor Police Department and Chris Lee of the Edenton Police Department performed the ceremony to raise the flag for the first time in front of Windsor House.




Allen Castelloe (shown below), Windsor Town Manager led the Pledge of Allegiance.




Alysia Salisbury gave a fantastic rendering of the National Anthem and Carrie Jernigan signed it for the deaf.




Ben Bunch led a prayer for the Windsor House Blessing and for the future residents, and also led a prayer to bless the food that was being provided for all attendees.




Allen Osborne (shown below) of Windsor House made comments to introduce the ribbon cutting ceremony and express pleasure at joining our community. He pledged that Windsor House would be good corporate citizens.




Sharon Davis, Director of the Chamber of Commerce, thanked everyone for coming and welcomed Windsor House to our community.




There was a very good crowd present considering the rain that preceded the event. Luckily the rain stopped just before the time scheduled for this outdoor event.




The formal ribbon cutting included Chuck White of Spinnaker Development, builders of Windsor House, Mayor Bob Spivey, Executive Director Ellen Bunch, Allen Osborne, Carrie Jernigan and Lena Evans, RCC of Windsor House.




After the ceremony we all got to take a tour of the facility. When you enter the lobby it is very impressive, more like a hotel than a care facility.




On this day first order of business was to check in with Kelly Phelps to register and get a name tag, along with a lottery ticket for their drawing.




The fireplace in the lobby attracted some of the guests to pause and rest for a few minutes.




In one of the guest waiting rooms on either side of the lobby there is a piano that can play music automatically, creating a very pleasant ambience. This day they also had a piano player and singer, Michelle Chappel and Vickie Hoggard (shown below) to welcome guests.




To get to the dinning facility we headed down the main hallway.




Food for the event was provided by John and Rachel Pierce of Heritage House, and was as usual excellent.




As people completed their tours they gathered in the dining room, a very impressive place, for food and conversation.




Windsor House looks like it is going to be an excellent addition to our community.