Visions Hanover
Visions Hanover will be a brand new, fully accessible, energy efficient residence providing permanent, supported housing for 12 adults with developmental disabilities on S. Park Street. An elevator will provide wheelchair access to single and shared apartments, and a large kitchen & dining room will offer family-style dinners, space for administrative offices, and accommodations for overnight staffing. Construction is in progress. We encourage you to drive by to see it as we work towards welcoming Visions Hanover residents by mid-2024!
To learn more about the capital campaign to raise the final funding needed to finish this project, visit our
Hanover Capital Campaign page.
Background & History
Background: When Outreach House ceased operations, their Board of Directors generously donated their South Park Street property to Visions for Creative Housing Solutions to help meet the growing need for supported housing for people with developmental disabilities in the Upper Valley. After a thorough assessment, Visions decided to take down the existing structure to build a brand new, fully accessible and energy efficient building to house 12 adults from our waiting list.
The property’s proximity to downtown Hanover, public transportation, Main Street shops, Dartmouth College, churches, the Library, and the Co-op is ideal.
Outreach House History: Outreach House, a nonprofit offering supported housing for seniors, opened its doors at 11 S. Park Street in April of 1997, thanks to the volunteer efforts of Ann James, Reverend Donald MacKenzie, and several other members of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College. Longtime Hanover residents and Dartmouth alumni may remember the property’s past incarnation as home to the Blue Spruce Inn, a boarding residence which often hosted visitors attending Dartmouth College events, and later as the home and office of Dr. Hugh MacNamee, a respected child psychiatrist, and his wife Mimi and family. Learn more here!