Apartment Project Planned
SALISBURY – Gillis Gilkerson announced last month it has been hired to renovate Bay Terrace Garden Apartments, an affordable housing community located at 517 Bay Street in Berlin.
The project is a joint venture between Severn Development Company, based in Annapolis, and Berlin Community Housing Corporation, a local nonprofit based in Berlin.
During the gut rehab, Gillis Gilkerson will strip each unit down to the bare walls. The three buildings (32 units total) will be renovated to include new siding, roofs, stairs, flooring, HVAC, windows, drywall, plumbing and paint. New appliances and cabinets will also be installed. The community building will be renovated to include a manager’s office, kitchenette and communal space equipped with computers for resident’s use.
The project will also extend the ends of each building by 10 feet, which will make the units larger and provide more secure entry points and stairwells. Bay Terrace Garden Apartments are being renovated in accordance with Enterprise Green Communities Certification Standards.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with Severn Development Company again, especially on a project that will enhance the quality of life for its residents. After our team is done with the gut rehab, community members won’t even recognize their homes as they will look brand new,” said Dwight Miller, president, Gillis Gilkerson.
Daisy Award Presented
SALISBURY — The right nurse can make patients feel special and holidays make that ability even more important. That’s why Registered Nurse Jennifer Glass recently earned the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.
Jennifer Glass
It was New Year’s Eve, and at about 11:45 p.m., a coworker noticed Glass pulling a chilled bottle of sparkling cider out of the unit refrigerator. He discovered Glass had brought it for her six patients, who were alone and hospitalized without their families on New Year’s Eve. She went from room to room with the sparkling cider bottle tastefully in a champagne bucket with ice, and served the patients in elegant glasses. She was working on a unit that faces the Salisbury downtown and was able to arrange her patients’ rooms so they could face the windows and see the fireworks at midnight. She went above and beyond to show compassion, which brought a smile to the faces of her patients and helped them have a happy start to 2016.
For her exceptional care and compassion, Glass was honored with the Daisy Award in a ceremony before her colleagues and received a certificate commending her for being an extraordinary nurse. The certificate reads, “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.” She was also presented with fresh daisies on behalf of the Peninsula Regional Medical staff, and a sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.
To nominate an exceptional nurse, visit www.peninsula.org/DaisyAward and share a story.
Shore Market Update
BERLIN — The number of homes sold increased in most parts of Maryland’s Eastern Shore region in January, according to The Long & Foster Market Minute reports for Worcester, Wicomico, Dorchester, Queen Anne’s, Talbot and Caroline counties. The Long & Foster Market Minute reports are based on data provided by Metropolitan Regional Information System and Coastal Association of Realtors and their member associations of Realtors and include residential real estate transactions within specific geographic regions, not just Long & Foster sales.
The number of homes sold increased in many parts of the Eastern Shore real estate market in January. Dorchester County experienced an 87 percent jump in the number of homes sold, while Queen Anne’s County saw a 63-percent increase from the previous year. In both Caroline and Talbot counties the number of homes sold rose by 11 percent and Worcester County experienced an 8-percent increase. The number of units sold decreased by 16 percent in Wicomico County.
The median sale price varied in the Eastern Shore region in January, with Talbot County seeing a 30-percent increase and Queen Anne’s County seeing a 17-percent increase compared to the same month last year. In Caroline County, the median sale price rose by 13 percent. Worcester County experienced a 7-percent increase, and both Dorchester and Wicomico counties experienced decreases of 14 percent.
Inventory decreased in the Eastern Shore region when compared to year-ago levels, according to January data. Queen Anne’s County experienced the largest drop at 21 percent, followed by Worcester County at 18 percent.