Eskaton is a senior care nonprofit company in Carmichael. Eskaton secured the federal grant six months ago. It expects final approval for the development from the city of Sacramento this summer, and hopes to break ground in October or November. The manor, on Mother Lode Drive, has 55 apartments. We are going ahead with the project.
Plans are in the building department now.
The first obstacle was a building moratorium the area. Eskaton spent months getting a waiver. Then the fee brouhaha came up. El Dorado County badly needs subsidized senior housing, observers say. There's a waiting list of 112 people for the existing 55 apartments at Lincoln Manor.