Mayor Tom Stiehm, St. Mark’s Executive Director Chris Schulz, St. Mark’s board of directors and Austin Area Chamber of Commerce ambassadors gathered Friday, March 22, in the St. Mark’s chapel to cut the ribbon on recent construction and renovations on the home’s senior living campus. Photo provided

The St. Mark’s Lutheran Home expansion is wapped up.

The public is invited to attend an open house of the recent construction and renovations on Saturday, April 13.

Construction began at St. Mark’s in January 2012 and included the construction of 25 new assisted living apartments. Workers renovated 21 apartments for memory care and 16 private rooms for short-term rehabilitation. Workers also built a new occupational and physical therapy area, a multi-purpose gathering room, chapel and living area, all near the new front entrance to the campus on Fourth Street, as well as relocating and enhancing the beauty shop and café area.

St. Mark’s Living, an independent, nonprofit senior living community, has served Austin-area seniors and their families for 50 years. It is governed by a board of directors elected by the Austin congregations of St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church; and Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Lyle.