Carolina Meadows, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is one of the nation's foremost continuing-care retirement communities. Founded by Dale Kline and a select group of retirement industry professionals, Carolina Meadows was envisioned to be an alternative to traditional retirement communities, as a space that facilitated convenient and comfortable living, and a place well-educated, articulate people could see themselves living. Kline’s vision revolved around creating an equity-based community with maximum resident participation, where residents enjoy the advantages of ownership linked with the security of available services as they progress along the continuum of aging.