SPRINGSHIRE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

SPRINGSHIRE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY ORIGINALLY FORMED TO OPERATE AS A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT FACILITY LICENSED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, SPRINGSHIRE CHANGED ITS MISSION BY MOVING FROM A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT FACILITY CONCEPT IN FAVOR OF SENIOR LIVING RETIREMENT CENTER. SPRINGSHIRE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A TAX EXEMPT FACILITY PURSUANT TO REV RULING 72-124 AND REV RULING 79-18. AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OPERATING THE SENIOR LIVING RETIREMENT FACILITY, SPRINGSHIRE WANTS TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTERGENERATIONAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL. THIS WILL INCLUDE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF GREENVILLE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, ITS SUBSIDIARY, WHICH WILL OPERATE AS A CHARTER SCHOOL, WITH OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS REQUIRED FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES.