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Bridgewood Farms plans expansions
The details
The four main projects Bridgewood Farms has in the works include:
The four main projects Bridgewood Farms has in the works include a new campus facility, a new food pantry, new homes to create a neighborhood for adults with disabilities and the expansion of the Grove program, which teaches adults with disabilities life skills. Per its website, Bridgewood Farms currently owns and operates four homes for 12 clients, fully furnished with caregivers and continuous commu- nity support. Doleman said the organization wants to eventually create a neighborhood. Meanwhile, the food pantry is a planned partnership between the Montgomery County Food Bank and Bridgewood Farms to help those struggling with food insecurity, Doleman said. Doleman said the nonpro t estimated the cost for the projects to be around $1.5 million. To raise these funds, Bridgewood Farms hosted a charity drive and raised $350,000. While they haven’t reached their goal, Doleman said he believes Bridgewood now has a lot of momentum going into the new year.
New campus facility to help teach classes on Bridgewood Farms’ campus Estimated completion: summer 2027 New food pantry in partnership with Montgomery County Food Bank Estimated completion: 2026 New homes to create a neighborhood for adults with disabilities Estimated completion: 2030 Expansion of the Grove program, which teaches adults with disabilities life skills, to allow for more participants Estimated completion: April 2026
The nonpro t Bridgewood Farms is planning multiple long-term projects to upgrade its facilities and better serve adults with disabilities. These are spearheaded by Executive Director Randy Doleman, who said he has years of nonpro t experience and hopes to take Bridgewood into the future with the upgrades. Doleman was hired in 2023. He said his interest in the organization was not only because of his past work in the nonpro t sector, but also his experience working with adults with disabilities. “I’ve always had a heart to help people, ... but even more so for those with special needs, truly needing someone to speak up for them,” Doleman said.
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“There’s kind of this feeling of once we break ground, and people see that it’s actually hap- pening, there’s ... more people that want to be involved and support it nancially,” said Doleman.
The timeline
The campus is one of the larger projects, but Doleman said they hope to break ground in the next few months, with construction estimated for 16-18 months. Bridgewood is also planning the rest of its 60 acres for the new neighborhood, which Doleman said will be underway until 2030.
The Grove program upgrades are already in progress, Doleman said, and he expects them to be completed by April. The program hosts one “Grove group” with four clients and one teacher. With the facility upgrades, Bridgewood hopes to add four more groups by the end of the year.
Some Bridgewood Farms residents pose during a night of socializing.
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