On Tuesday, March 3rd, The Mayflower Community provided tours of the Buckley kitchen to residents and invited guests This was an opportunity to see how Mayflower has converted the Buckley Dining Room to the new “Open Dining” concept as the result of modifications to the prep kitchen. As a result, meals are available daily from…
Last February, The Mayflower Community began building a cooking kitchen in its Health Center to be able to introduce “Open Dining” to its residents. Open Dining is the concept of providing restaurant-style menu-type ordering of meals at any time of the day, 7:00am to 7:00pm, for residents of the Mayflower community. Open Dining began in…
The Mayflower Community Health Center kitchen has been rebuilt. All new equipment has been installed. (See below.) Over 200 donors have made the $500,000 project possible. The new menus are being developed with the assistance of a class of Grinnell College students, who have created an electronic application for modification and printing. Now, the Health…
Finally, the weather broke, the rooftop snow and ice melted, and the contractors were able to finish the rest of the Health Center kitchen remodeling by cutting out the ceiling vents. Open Dining in our Health Center dining room is getting closer. Now, all the electrical, heating, air conditioning, plumbing, insulation, and flooring infrastructure is…
The Mayflower Community (Grinnell, Iowa) is in the process of a $500,000 remodeling project to convert kitchens into fully-functioning preparation and serving facilities for the Health Center and for the independent living Buckley Dining Room. The Beebe Assisted Living kitchen will be converted at a later date. Currently, all hot and cold meals are prepared…