Denver-based developer Robert S. Dick, president of Circle Development Corp., a nonprofit established for the Silver Leaf Cohousing project in Paonia, Colo., died Aug. 13, after a 10-month battle with cancer. He was 67.
Dick saw Silver Leaf, intended for the elderly, as the culmination of his career devoted to affordable housing and fostering community. The project, designed by a team led by 3Cycle Studio, consists of 10 detached single-family homes and one duplex. It is designed for and with the people intending to live there. The houses are approximately 950 sq ft, laid out mostly on one level and universally designed to be wheelchair accessible. They are designed to facilitate aging in place physically, socially and spiritually, according to Silver Leaf.