Open house set for new Harmony House in Pierz

PIERZ - Horizon Health will host a ribbon cutting ceremony from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 6 at its new office in Pierz to celebrate its newest assisted-living Harmony House that will also host its headquarters office.

The new Harmony House will house 22 residents, including those with Alzheimer's and other memory care needs. Along with the residential units, the facility will include community spaces, a reflection area, a sun room and a memory garden. The lower level of the facility will provide a permanent headquarters for Horizon Health, which is currently operating out of a 125-year-old St. Joseph's convent that is set to be demolished.

Approximately $475,000 was raised in private donations and grants to build a new Harmony House, which will open in September.

A luncheon for invited guests and donors will follow the brief ribbon cutting.

Horizon Health has been working since 1991 to ensure that older adults have the right to age with dignity in their rural hometowns. Horizon Health has grown to provide a variety of health services for an average of 330 older adults per year. Services include memory care assisted living, independent living apartments, housing for veterans with mental disorders, a Medicare certified home care agency and volunteer services.

Horizon Health provide services to residents in Morrison County and it has housing in Little Falls, Pierz, Motley, Randall, Harding and Brainerd.