Becketwood Cooperative
An Active, Independent 55+ Community of Owners in Minneapolis
 

“Becketwood is a welcoming 55+ cooperative community of lively and spirited owners, located on 12 beautiful wooded acres on the Mississippi, convenient to all that Minneapolis-St. Paul has to offer.”

Becketwood is a great choice for active, independent senior living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Our location is beautifully convenient – 12 wooded acres along the Mississippi River bluffs, just across the river from St. Paul. Becketwood features distinctive Tudor-style construction in a natural, park like setting.

We enjoy our cooperative living style, special amenities, exciting activities and events, gardening, hiking and biking, delicious dining, lifelong learning, inviting living spaces, friendly and responsive staff and a lively, community. Watch our virtual tour, and find out if Becketwood is right for you.

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“We find more and more friends right here at Becketwood because we have a lot in common, it is a comfortable, easy place to get together.”

Carol Joyce

“I have an interest in sustainable living, and this is a model that fits into that. I like that we’re getting the building ready for people who will come here if they can plug in an electric car…”

Marvin McNeff

“It’s really improved our quality of life. We have more time to do the things we really like to do.”

David McKay

Promise Land

by Iric Nathanson That morning, Ian lay in bed awake, not ready to face the new day.  He grimaced when he thought about another 12 hours of tedium in the Settlement, just like the day before and the day before that. He had no way of knowing it at the time, but this day would […] Read more

Lydia Pinkham’s Pink Period Pills

Rick Weber Butch lived in a dusty tan stucco house set back to the south from the corner of First Avenue and Ninth Street. In the next house east, a tiny asphalt side-shingled shack nearly hidden by three evergreens, lived Mr. Roberts and he “wasn’t right” as our parents would say when they whispered for […] Read more

Life in a Rear View Mirror*

by Dick Juhl As I get older, I sometimes think I am much like an old car or an old truck. You will know what I mean if you think about it. My eyes (headlights) do not see too well, so the light seems dimmer than when I was younger. Neuropathy makes my feet rather […] Read more

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