Legacy
Academy Boulder brings 20+ years of experience in creating communities of grace and excellence.
Our Mission
We are creating a place of warm hospitality, beautiful and distinctive surroundings, elevated lifestyle, and personal choice.
Care
We paid attention over the years to what supports health and wellbeing for an individual and for a community.
As most great things do, Academy Boulder began as a vision…
Thirty years ago, the owners of Academy were looking for the perfect place in Boulder for their parents to retire to, and not finding what they wanted, decided to create it. Owner Gary Berg would tell you they didn’t know what they were doing, but really, they did, because love and knowing what you want are pretty good organizing principles. They started with a place — the campus of a historic Catholic boarding school, Mount St. Gertrude, in a lovely neighborhood near Chautauqua — and a purpose — to create the best retirement community in Colorado. In 1998, Academy opened its doors, and today is the much-loved home of its 65 residents. We learned a lot in those 20+ years, and the legacy we hope to bring forward to Academy Mapleton are the values we structure Academy life around today: hospitality, wellness, and community. The Academy is a place of welcome and warmth and well-wishing. It is a place designed to support an individual’s lifestyle in all its parts — physical and intellectual, emotional and social. We discovered there is no one size fits all. Wellbeing, like life, is personal. Finally, Academy is a place of community, where a sense of belonging and connection is resourced, cultivated, and celebrated for the benefit of all, residents, families, and staff. Throw into the mix an insistence on excellence and attention to detail, welcome to Academy Boulder!
Our Team
Here they are! Academy Boulder employees believe in the work they do and love the residents they serve. We don’t believe there is a better staff anywhere. Hear what some of our residents and staff have to say!

Shirley
Executive Director, Academy 2006-Present
I love The Academy – its beauty, its setting, its staff, its residents. Really? To be a part of this place? It is my second home, a grand community to be a part of.

Jodi
Receptionist, 2005 – 2020
I loved working here. This is a wonderful community. Residents and staff click together like cake & ice cream.

Michael & Carlyn
Academy Residents
The Academy is…a charming setting…a caring community…where we found new friends…where dining couldn’t be finer…a perfect environment of goodwill, comfort and convenience.

Donna
Academy Resident, Since 2010
Living at The Academy is like being on vacation.

John
Academy Resident, Since 2013
For the residents of The Academy, it is the revelation that all aspects of life here play an integral role in the process of establishing a true sense of community.

Michelle
Executive Director, Bella Vista 2010 – Present
Everyone knows everyone here. Residents are intelligent, respectful and welcoming of each other and the staff giving The Academy a friendly neighborhood feel.
