Project Timeline
May 2021
Edgartown Town Meeting Zoning Approval
July 2021
Hospital Land Purchase
May 2022
Asset Transfer Agreements
September 2022
USDA financing commitments
December 2022
Martha’s Vineyard Commission Approval
December 2022
Edgartown Wastewater Approval
March 2023
Edgartown Planning Board Approval
April 2023
Dept. of Public Health Council Approves Determination of Need (DON)
May 2023
Site Preparation Commences
September 2023
Pad-Ready Site Completed
November 2023
Receive Building Permit
January 2024
Financing and Land Closing Completed
October 2025
Construction Complete
October 2025
Move in/Windemere Resident Transfer
This schedule is subject to change based on the timing of government approvals
Fundraising Donation Needs:
With the help of our generous friends and a mortgage from the USDA, we have raised enough to build an innovative Green House small home nursing home to care for up to 70 residents in a real home environment. We are committed to providing care for Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay people in need of nursing or rehabilitation care.
We need the continuing support of friends so that we can fund activities to help make our residents’ lives meaningful and active, and to support a potential shortfall in revenue as the cost of care greatly exceeds the reimbursement rate of Medicaid.
Our interior garden is currently planned to be a simple New England town common. We would like to add amenities, such as benches, enhanced landscaping, and possibly raised garden beds so that our residents can enjoy planting and tending new life.
To donate, send a check to Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard, PO Box 1356, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or click here to make a credit card donation. Thank you!
About the Project
Welcome home to Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard! Licensed, skilled nursing care staff members and other staff members focus on the whole person – medical, emotional, and social needs. A disruptor in the nursing home industry, Navigator Homes, inspired by the Green House Project model, provide an environment where seniors can thrive, by eliminating the three plagues of aging: loneliness, helplessness, and boredom.
What makes this project different?
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that the old way of caring for our elders is broken. Residents at Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard will not be crammed into rooms together and forced to use shared bathrooms, cutting down on potential transmission of infectious diseases. Likewise, all workforce housing will be on-site, reducing the risk of transient carers introducing pathogens into the elder’s environment. Watch the video below to see how the Green House model is made for this moment.
What we need is a radical reinterpretation of longevity that makes elders and their needs central to our collective pursuit of happiness and well-being.
– Dr. Bill Thomas
Opening in Fall, 2025, Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard will house 70 people in 5 homes with 14 residents each. Each resident has a private room with bathroom. In beautiful, well-appointed, spacious communal areas, residents will share living room, kitchen, dining rooms, and other enriching and recreational spaces, both inside and outside. Outside space is a pocket park thoughtfully landscape with native species.
Who will live at Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard?
All current Residents from Windemere Skilled Nursing (the only skilled nursing home on Martha’s Vineyard) will have the option to relocate/move into the new Edgartown-based, Green House inspired community. Navigator Homes of MV will encourage those who qualify for Skilled nursing care to move to the new community, including those individuals seeking short-term rehabilitation after hospitalization, as well as those seeking Long Term Care. Navigator will accept MassHealth, Medicare, and Private Pay.
Project Snapshot
Located on 490 Vineyard Haven Road, Edgartown, MA.
Five separate residential homes totaling 55,960 SF.
The five Green House homes are clustered around a central outdoor garden area.
Each 11,192 SF home includes 14 private bedrooms and space for sitting and personal storage.
Central common area features a fireplace, sitting and gathering areas and open kitchen and family style dining.
Project will be constructed on 9 acres that is part of a larger 24-acre parcel located at 490 Edgartown Vineyard Haven Road.
The adjacent site will construct workforce housing apartments to be completed by Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham.
The new workforce housing will help support the employee base needed for the operations at the skilled nursing home facility.
Please check with the Navigator Development Consultant at 610-246-3488 to confirm availability or adjustments. Named gift opportunities are subject to change.