Kol Ami News

"It was a 1961 chat between a Unitarian minister and a Westminster College professor that proved the genesis for Salt Lake City’s Friendship Manor retirement community.

The Rev. Hugh Gillilan credited economics professor Robert Conrod for coming up with the idea that Nov. 30, 1961, day, as the two chatted in the school’s parking lot.

Gillilan’s First Unitarian Church soon was joined by Salt Lake City’s First Congregational Church, Holladay United Church of Christ and Congregation B’Nai Israel (now Congregation Kol Ami) in sponsoring the $3.5 million project."

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/11/15/50-years-later-friendship-manor-remains-a-monument-to-how-faith-groups-can-work-together-to-serve-utahs-elderly/