Georgia College Invites Seniors to Retire on Campus

Georgia's Berry College is building The Spires, a continuing care retirement community on its Rome campus, to open next summer, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . The Spires will be home to 350 seniors, who will be welcome to roam the college's trails, hang out in the student center, attend school football games or concerts, and enroll in classes for free. Students will be offered paid work at the complex, with pre-nursing majors helping The Spires' nurses, or marketing and accounting majors gaining practical experience. Retirees have already reserved most of The Spires' 170 independent living units, with another 100 units providing additional care as needed as residents age. Part of a trend, other retirement communities have been established on or in close proximity to universities in other U.S. states.