“It’s a friendly, engaging community full of interesting activities,” said Josselly Esquivel. “Once you come into the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, you feel a caring community where people know one another.”
The 161-unit apartment community offers a full calendar of arts and fitness activities, including lessons in painting, ceramics, jewelry-making, and gardening for artistic and arts-loving seniors.
(Long Beach, Calif.) The luxurious apartments at the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony feature a graceful blend of comfort, convenience and activities that will enhance the lives of residents age 55 or better, especially those who love the arts.
“It’s truly an arts colony because we focus so much on the arts,” said Josselly Esquivel, resident manager of the community. “As soon as you step inside the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, you feel as though you’ve entered a magical, artistic world.”
The apartments themselves are a mix of contemporary studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment homes with modern kitchens featuring a refrigerator, stove and dishwasher, granite countertops and designer finishes and fixtures.
The comfortable apartment homes also include a private balcony or patio, the perfect place to relax and enjoy a calm Pacific Ocean breeze.
There’s an art gallery and a grand-piano salon with a coffee bar where musicians sometimes play for residents, and for those who love the performing arts, there is a theater-style clubhouse with a proscenium stage fully equipped with theater lights and a modern sound system where seniors have presented plays.
The 161-unit apartment community offers a full calendar of arts and fitness activities, including lessons in painting, ceramics, jewelry-making, and gardening for artistic and arts-loving seniors.
There’s an art gallery and a grand-piano salon with a coffee bar where musicians sometimes play for residents, and for those who love the performing arts, there is a theater-style clubhouse with a proscenium stage fully equipped with theater lights and a modern sound system where seniors have presented plays.
“It’s a friendly, engaging community full of interesting activities,” said Josselly Esquivel. “Once you come into the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, you feel a caring community where people know one another.”
The smoke-free Long Beach Senior Arts Colony apartment community also features modern amenities to help seniors stay in shape and enjoy their leisure time, including a billiards room, yoga and dance studio, and fitness room with cardiovascular and strength training equipment.
The luxury apartment complex also features elevators, a parking garage, controlled-access entryways, laundry facilities, a computer center with printer, and a mail room.
The Long Beach Senior Arts Colony is also just a short walk from the East Village Arts District, a neighborhood where visitors can shop, dine and explore art galleries and photography studios.
The luxurious apartments at the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony feature a graceful blend of comfort, convenience and activities that will enhance the lives of residents age 55 or better, especially those who love the arts.
The Long Beach Senior Arts Colony is less than three miles from the Queen Mary and Long Beach Convention Center, and it’s near shopping, public transportation, churches, a Post Office and banks.
To schedule a tour or learn more about rents and eligible income limits, call (562) 951-1188 or go to lbseniorartscolony.com.
As soon as you step inside the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, you feel as though you’ve entered a magical, artistic world, said Josselly Esquivel, resident manager of the community. The 161-unit apartment community offers attainable luxury living for artistic and arts-loving seniors 55 and better.
(Long Beach, Calif.) Seniors who dream of living in a thriving, artistic community close to the ocean now have the perfect opportunity to make the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony their home.
The 161-unit apartment community offers attainable luxury living for artistic and arts-loving seniors 55 and better.
As soon as you step inside the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, you feel as though you’ve entered a magical, artistic world, said Josselly Esquivel, resident manager of the community.
“We offer all kinds of art classes, including lessons in painting, ceramics, jewelry-making, and gardening,” she said. “We also have an art gallery, and we have a grand piano salon with a coffee bar where musicians sometimes play for residents.”
And for those who love the performing arts, there is a theater-style clubhouse with a proscenium stage fully equipped with theater lights and a modern sound system where seniors have presented plays.
“It’s truly an arts colony because we focus so much on the arts,” Josselly Esquivel said.
The Long Beach Senior Arts Colony is also just a short walk from the East Village Arts District, a neighborhood where visitors can shop, dine and explore art galleries and photography studios.
The smoke-free Long Beach Senior Arts Colony apartment community also features modern amenities to help seniors stay in shape and enjoy their leisure time, including a billiards room, yoga and dance studio, and fitness room with cardiovascular and strength training equipment.
The luxury apartment complex also features elevators, a parking garage, controlled-access entryways, laundry facilities, a computer center with printer, and a mail room.
The apartments themselves are a mix of contemporary studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment homes with modern kitchens featuring a refrigerator, stove and dishwasher, granite countertops and designer finishes and fixtures.
Two bedroom floor plan
The apartment homes also include a private balcony or patio, the perfect place to relax and enjoy a calm Pacific Ocean breeze.
And the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony is less than three miles from the Queen Mary and Long Beach Convention Center, and it’s near shopping, public transportation, churches, a Post Office and banks.
“Once you come into the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, you feel a caring community where people know one another,” Josselly Esquivel said. “It’s a friendly, engaging community full of interesting activities.”
Two bedroom floor plan
To schedule a tour or learn more about rents and eligible income limits, call (562) 951-1188 or go to LBSeniorArtsColony.com.
The San Bernardino County Tobacco Control Program serves in the capacity of local lead agency for tobacco prevention, education and control efforts in San Bernardino County. With funding support from the California Department of Public Health – Tobacco Control Program, SBCTCP is administered by the California Health Collaborative to implement a comprehensive tobacco control plan Coalition Members left to right back row: Lynda Barbour, Susan Heppner, Evi Hernandez, Roberto Terrones, Clara Omogbai, Jennifer Harmon. Front Row: Terry Roberts, Cynthia Turk, Maggie Acuna
(San Bernardino, CA) Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Where there’s no smoke, there’s a firestorm.
Most people know that smoking and secondhand smoke are harmful to their health but very few are aware about the dangers of “third-hand smoke” exposure.
Third-hand smoke is the residue from tobacco smoke that accumulates on surfaces. It sticks to walls, windows and furniture or can settle as toxic dust in homes and cars. It even sticks to clothing and hair. The residue builds up in the environment, becoming more toxic over time, according to TobaccoFreeCA.com.
In San Bernardino County, the California Health Collaborative (CHC) has been crusading for tobacco-free apartment units since 2015. Through voluntary tobacco-free housing policies, CHC touts the benefits for renters, property managers and owners, said Roberto A. Terrones, Program Coordinator for San Bernardino County’s Tobacco Control Program.
Terrones said that many in the housing industry expect for tenants of apartment buildings to be against these types of tobacco free policies, but that is not the local nor state-wide sentiment when it comes to these changes. While there has been some blowback, he said, the majority of tenants appreciate the new rules.
“We survey the tenants before we go smoke free. Some people think these smoking policies aren’t popular but we’ve seen that a lot of people are for it,” Terrones said. “People that were opposed don’t always smoke but they see it as a right being taken away. We’re not telling you that you can’t smoke but you have to smoke somewhere else outside of the property.”
One-third of Californians live in multi-unit housing, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Units share common walls, floors or a ceiling, which means that millions may be exposed to secondhand smoke even if they do not allow smoking in their home.
Nine out of 10 people do not smoke in their homes, Terrones said. About seven out of ten people who want tobacco free-housing are people that don’t smoke.
The importance of having tobacco-free housing is to protect the health of tenants, said Evi Hernandez, CHC Director of Program Services. Many times, Hernandez said, they are protecting people that cannot afford to live in single-family homes and those at highest risk for serious illness caused by tobacco smoke exposure, including children and the elderly.
“Among other things, any contact with third-hand smoke can cause skin irritation, trigger asthma attacks and lead to respiratory illnesses,” Hernandez said.” You don’t really see it in the form of smoke and if you’re not aware that it’s there, you can’t avoid it.”
Terrones said the county has been successful with subsidized housing because while many of the tenants’ love where they live, the smoke is killing them, he said. And for financial reasons, they are unable to move. “It’s essentially a trap,” Terrones said. “They can’t just pick up and leave because of their financial situation.”
Some have agreed to set aside a certain percentage of smoke-free units, but as Terrones said, “If you can smell what your neighbor is cooking, you can smell if they’re smoking.”
Long considered a health hazard, secondhand smoke seeps through doors, open windows, outlets and ventilation systems. The health benefits may be obvious, but decreasing the hidden financial costs are a bonus as well. Estimates to ready a unit for rent after a smoker has lived there could be in the thousands of dollars, Hernandez said.
“I’ve gone to these multi-complex houses and their blinds are completely yellow. You can’t get rid of the smell in the carpet. Sometimes the smoke is so pervasive it penetrates the walls and a treatment/paint plan can take weeks,” Terrones said. “It’s (another) benefit of multi-unit apartments to go smoke free.”
When an apartment complex goes tobacco-free, CHC offers a resource directory for tenants that includes local tobacco cessation resources and information about the California Smokers’ Helpline (1-800-NO-BUTTS).
For further information, contact the County of San Bernardino Tobacco Control Program at (909) 647-4532 or go to sbctcp.blogspot.com
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About The San Bernardino County Tobacco Control Program (SBCTCP)
The SBCTCP serves in the capacity of local lead agency for tobacco prevention, education and control efforts in San Bernardino County. With funding support from the California Department of Public Health – Tobacco Control Program, SBCTCP is administered by the California Health Collaborative to implement a comprehensive tobacco control plan that includes the following objectives:
1) Retain and engage community members representing diverse/priority populations and non-traditional partner agencies in the San Bernardino County Tobacco Control Coalition; 2) Partner with apartment managers/owners, apartment management companies, the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, and tobacco control stakeholders to guide efforts that result in the adoption of smoke-free policies at multi-unit housing complexes; and 3) Coordinate efforts by incorporated cities in San Bernardino County to adopt a policy that eliminates sales and distribution of tobacco and/or electronic nicotine delivery devices (ENDD) products in pharmacies where licensed professionals provide health care services.
Program plan strategies were developed based on results of a community needs assessment and prioritization process and adhere to priority areas and guidelines set forth by the California Tobacco Control Program.
