Finding a Community Jim Fergus and Michael Barndt both live at Saint John’s On The Lake. We spoke to them about why people shouldn’t wait to make the move.

How did you both come to Saint John’s?

Michael Barndt: My wife and I moved here in 2011. I was 68 at the time. I was a professor at UW-Milwaukee, and I knew a number of friends who had moved here. We really wanted the kind of intellectual stimulation that we understood was going to be at Saint John’s. Of course, people come here for the location and the view, which is spectacular. But I think what we both recognized right off the bat was the community aspect of Saint John’s, the involvement of the residents. Before I moved in, I became part of the program committee, helping work on ideas. I put together programs on classical music

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