BeeHive homes opens new facility in C-Falls
From left, rodeo RCA rodeo royalty sweetheart Kylie Boucher, tenn queen Megan Eckert, queen Megan Tutvedt and junior queen Cydnie Stahlberg at the new Bee Hive Homes assisted living center facility in Columbia Falls Saturday.
BeeHive Homes in Columbia Falls opened its new facility this week. The spacious building has 19 rooms and every room has a three-quarter bath, said owner Julia Wiebelhaus.
“It’s significantly bigger than the other two buildings,” Wiebelhaus said during an open house on Saturday.
Wiebelhaus and her husband Chris, own the BeeHive franchise in Columbia Falls at 13th Street West. Chris, who is a contractor, constructed the building, which has a stone fireplace and a gorgeous kitchen.
The first resident moved in this week and 11 others are expected to move in soon. The bathrooms in the rooms are designed for easy wheelchair access and the showers are walk-in and wheelchair accessible.
BeeHive is not a nursing home, but an assisted living facility. People are helped with medication, meals, bathing and other daily care, Julia Wiebelhaus explained.
Demand for the units, which cost $3,900 a month is high. Twelve residents have already signed up.
The BeeHive franchise is well-known nationwide. The first was built in Columbia Falls in 2008 and the second in 2010. All the units are designed to feel like a real home.
The business also sponsors the RCA Pro Rodeo Royalty and the girls were on hand for the grand opening.