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Parkview Founders Honored

Stella and Norman Chivers Parkview Founders, receive Housing Hero Award

Stella and Norman Chivers, Parkview Founders, were recipients of the Housing Hero Award in September, 2002, at the Housing Washington Conference for their pioneering efforts in housing. Parkview was started by Norman and Stella 1967 with the purchase of the state's first group home located up on Capitol Hill. It was the Chivers' vision that this home would provide families a community-based alternative to institutionalizing their son or daughter. Creating community based options for persons with developmental disabilities was considered a new and bold residential option in 1967. Thirty-five years later, the Chiver's vision lives on and 6 young adults still live in the Group Home on Capital Hill.