EasyLiving Home® Replication Summit
January 28-30, 2009
Embassy Suites Hotel
Atlanta - Perimeter Center
EasyLiving Home® is the nation's first voluntary
certification program that specifies criteria in everyday construction to
add convenience to your new home and to welcome all friends, family and
visitors regardless of age, size or physical ability. EasyLiving Home®
- a home visitable by everybody!
EasyLiving Home® features include:
- Easy Access with a step-free entrance from a
driveway, sidewalk or other firm route into the central living area
(maximum threshold of ½”).
- Easy Passage because the exterior door that
provides the step-free entrance and EVERY interior passage door on the
main level (including bathrooms) is at least a 3’0” or 2’10” door that
provides 32 inches of clear passage.
- Easy Use with no less than one bedroom, a kitchen,
some entertainment area, and at least one full bathroom with sufficient
maneuvering space, all on the main floor.
We successfully expanded the program in West Virginia, New Hampshire and
Texas in 2005. Since the January 2007 Summit, we are now working with four
other states that are considering applying for replication.
With “visitability” becoming better known nationally, the market for
universally designed houses larger than ever, and many inquiries about EasyLiving Home®
from around the nation, it is time to expand our growth nationwide!
An EasyLiving Home® Program in Your Locale — What
It Takes To Make It happen!
An enthusiastic group of people forms a coalition that encompasses a
large metropolitan area or a statewide coalition.
The coalition includes a commitment to full participation from a
statewide or large metropolitan Home Builders Association.
The coalition also includes a commitment to full participation from one
or more statewide or large metropolitan disability-related organizations
such as a Statewide Independent Living Council, an Independent Living
Center, a Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities.
“Full participation” means the participation of a designated individual
to attend nearly all the meetings of your coalition, as well as carry out
various activities identified by your coalition, in order to enhance the
continuity needed to plan and carry out the program.
All in all, we’re looking for a few well qualified, enthusiastic
coalitions who want to help shape the future of housing!
Program Includes:
- Introduction and Presentation of the EasyLiving Home®
Program
- History of it's development in Georgia
- How the Coalition Works
- How to Build a Coalition in Your State
- Panel of Builders' Success Stories
- Tour of EasyLiving Homes
- ...and all the information you need to start the program in your
state
You will be delighted with your accommodations at the beautiful, newly
renovated hotel.
Amenities include:
- All guest rooms spacious 2-room suites
- Complimentary hot breakfast buffet
- Complimentary evening reception
- Complimentary hotel shuttle service within 3-mile radius of hotel
- Just steps from Perimeter Mall, theater, restaurants and shopping
- Indoor pool and workout facility
For more information or questions, contact Bonnie Bonham at 770-270-1611
or bbonham@easylivinghome.org
Your state could be
the next star on
the EasyLiving Home® Map!
Learn How at the next ELH
Replication Summit
January 28-30, 2009
at the
Embassy Suites Hotel
Atlanta-Perimeter Center
Sign up today! Registration Fee:
Early Bird until Dec. 31,2008 ............ $300.00
Late Registration after Jan 1, 2009 .... $400.00
King-Bed Standard Guest Suite ....... $139+tax