Services for Older Citizens Celebrates Grand Opening of New, Permanent Home

More than 700 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday outside the new location for Harper Woods and Grosse Pointes' Services for Older Citizens organization.
SOC moved into its new, permanent location--158 Ridge Road--in Grosse Pointe Farms and officials  from the Pointes, Harper Woods, Wayne County and others celebrated the grand-opening. 
The new location is a historic home on Ridge Road that originally housed nurses from Cottage Hospital. It is 15,000 square-feet and offers the community organization that works with seniors by offering social work services, social events, Meals On Wheels and more a permanent space. 
The organization has been temporarily housed inside Cottage Hospital since the former Neighborhood Club closed for its renovations.
The house, formerly known as the Newberry House, has been renamed the John A. and Marlene L. Boll House. The Bolls were part of a large public capital campaign in which SOC officials garnered more than $2.5 million in donations to pay for renovations to the historic house. 
Henry Ford Health System donated the building to SOC for the next 30 years. Chris Blake and The Blake Company performed the renovations and Tami Kessler of Kessler and Associates decorated the interior as part of the project.
To celebrate the grand-opening, SOC is offering 35 events in 35 days and Executive Director Sharon Maier is encouraging people to come tour the house, according to a press release issued Monday.