The sale is legendary!

Now in its 13th year, Westminster-Canterbury’s 600 residents offer up their high-end castoffs after a year of hard work.
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Ranks of centenarians in Va., U.S., growing rapidly

Jessie Cross, at 105, still has her nightly sip of Scotch.

One floor below, 101-year-old Augusta Macon, though blind, listens to baseball on television.

And just down the hall, Iris Branch, at 108, keeps family, friends and even strangers laughing with stories of her childhood.

"I'm sorry I can't give you a cocktail," she said, stirring her straw in an afternoon fruit drink.

If "60 is the new 40," it stands to reason there's also a "new 100," and it's not hard to find at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach.

These women are three of the 10 centenarians at the retirement community who reflect the burgeoning ranks of people 100 or older. The number is growing nationally, and so is the percentage of the population that reaches that age. A census report issued this year shows that in 1990, 15 out of every 100,000 Americans were older than 100. That number has since risen to 23.

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Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay: No Worries

One industry segment facing significant challenges due to the depressed residential real estate market is that of CCRCs. Many older Americans who want to move into a community can’t because they’re having difficulty selling their homes.

One community has come up with a unique and creative solution that is helping new residents overcome this hurdle. Last year, Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, a 627-unit CCRC located in Virginia Beach, Va., introduced its Moving Home program to help remove the worry of selling their home from potential new residents.

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