Photo by Ben Hensley | Magnolia Crossing Assisted Living and resident Mary Rigsbee (center) enjoyed a joint-celebration on Thursday, marking the eighth anniversary for the facility and the 105th birthday for Rigsbee.

A Clovis assisted living community marked eight years of service and revealed their plans for expansion as demand for senior housing continues to rise in the Central Valley.

Magnolia Crossing Assisted Living celebrated its eight anniversary on Thursday, March 12, highlighting its role in caring for seniors while also providing local jobs and strengthening community connections.

The eight year anniversary also coincided with a birthday celebration for Magnolia Crossing resident Mary Rigsbee. Rigsbee, a lifelong resident of Clovis, celebrated her 105th birthday earlier this week.

Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua said the project itself was groundbreaking from the beginning, both in financing and the transformation of the original site as well.

“Well, first of all, I mean, the start is unique because it was a $10 million project and they have to go get new market tax credits, four, five, six different funders to help them get started,” Mouanoutoua said. “And then it was also — this used to be a ponding basin.”

The city partnered with the organization and the local flood control district to ensure permitting on the project was possible.

Mouanoutoua said facilities like Magnolia Crossing play a critical role in keeping families together as parents age while ensuring they receive professional care.

“Clovis is a community that really values family,” Mouanoutoua said. “And if we can keep our family here…we want our parents here so that way we can keep them close.”

Magnolia Crossing Board President Michael Sigala said the facility was designed to craft a more comfortable environment for seniors, including home-style living facilities and spacious patio and socializing spaces, a far cry from many of the facility-like large-scale assisted-living sites.

“We designed a homelike environment,” Sigala said. “You don’t find long corridors, or elevators, or anything else.”

The nonprofit home serves residents across income levels, including those using private pay, long-term care insurance and Medi-Cal.

Sigala added that the community also benefits directly from the facility, with around 40 staff members working onsite.

“Anywhere we can get people, especially here in the senior care profession, that’s a lot of health care,” Mouanoutoua said. “It’s high paying jobs, it’s skilled jobs, and to keep them here, to allow people to stay local.”

Executive Director Constance Peters said the organization has seen strong growth in recent years.

“When I joined on board, I remember saying to Michael, very soon we’re gonna fill up, and we’ll be ready for the next project,” Peters said.

They achieved that milestone earlier this year.

“In 2026, on January 12, we got to 100% capacity,” Peters said. “Currently, we have about 12 wait lists wanting to come into the community.”

Peters added that Magnolia Crossing focuses on making the community feel more like home than an institution.

“In this industry, one thing we notice, the elderly, they don’t want to go to a facility,” Peters said. “Now when they come to Magnolia Crossing, it is very homelike.”

Magnolia Crossing owns another half-acre of land on the south side of their facility — space they plan to develop in the coming years. Both Peters and Sigala said that the additional half acre is not the only plan for the facility’s expansion; both hope to see additional sites open in the coming years.

Magnolia Crossing is located at 32 W. Sierra Ave., in Clovis. Donations to support Magnolia Crossing are tax deductible and can be made on the facility’s website.