Judging Criteria

Judges will evaluate the effectiveness of how the community is positioned within the overall community with a focus on features that promote access to transportation and other community-based services. Entries should highlight:

• Multi-generational
• Nearby / walkable amenities
• Design features are a good fit with neighborhood and community
• Discussion of how community discussed input with local area
• Invitations to community and groups to offer programming on campus
• How the project encourages or invites the broader community and general public to its location
• Showcase of how the property is an infill location or unique redevelopment of shopping malls, hotel, or school as examples
• Accessibility to local area resources and ease of in/out access

** Some of the community integration factors may not be as relevant for entries in categories like stand-alone memory care.

Judges will evaluate the community’s features that incorporate a healthy lifestyle and provides residents access to products and services that make their lives easier. Entries should consider the following but may provide other examples of amenities, lifestyle & wellness:

• Exercise rooms
• Exercise rooms
• Large community rooms
• External gardens, paths
• Unique dining or culinary experience locations

Judges will be asked to evaluate the community on a global basis that not only encompasses the first three criteria but evaluates unique features of the community, overall value to the owner/operator, residents and local area. This is meant to evaluate the entire project as a whole and should be looked at separately from the other judging criteria.

Each judge will evaluate each category on a scale of 1 -10 with 1 being the lowest grade and 10 being the highest with increments of a half- or quarter-point (.5 or .25).

The scores will be compiled and tabulated. In the event of a tie, the judges for the category shall re-convene and select a final winner.

The top three in each category will be classified: Winner | Second Place | Third Place