Engineering group gifts renovated yard to Dementia Enrichment Center

July 24, 2025

By Kaylee Dusang

The Belton Journal

A local engineering group has transformed the backyard of Belton’s Dementia Enrichment Center into a peaceful retreat for visitors.

James Construction Group, a subsidiary of Primoris Services Corporation (PSC), renovated and redesigned the backyard of the center as part of an annual community service initiative. This year, the company wanted to pursue a project that involved helping those affected by dementia.

“What Hailey is doing is extremely impactful, and people want to help, so we were really happy to help and extremely proud to be a part of it,” said Katheryn Williams, a project engineer at James Construction Group.

The project holds a deeper meaning for Williams and her father, Joey Williams, who also serves as the group’s division manager. Williams first discovered the Dementia Enrichment Center while looking for resources for her grandmother who lived with dementia.

“It was very fresh at the time that we were talking about our community service (project),” she said. “Not much before that, we had talked to Hailey about what she offered to see if it was something that my nanny could be a part of.”

After her grandmother passed away last year, Williams and her family saw the project as an opportunity to support the center and others who are impacted by dementia.

The engineering team not only cleaned out the center’s backyard, but also added walking paths, benches, a new chicken coop, as well as four raised garden beds and a watering system. The refreshed outdoor area also contains a memory of Williams’ grandmother – a metal rooster of hers that stands in the corner of the newly renovated yard.

“It’s just a really nice way also to recognize the living side of dementia by giving people a living, breathing space that they can enjoy,” said Hailey Peek, Founder and Director of the Dementia Enrichment Center.

Williams adds that other local partners and businesses also donated their services to the project to help them revitalize the outdoor space.

The Dementia Enrichment Center is an adult day program in a non-clinical setting that supports individuals with dementia and caregivers. The center offers various programs, such as an enrichment club where they offer cognitive, creative, and movement activities and outings for those who have mild to moderate dementia. Through the home-based enrichment program, the center provides a customized enrichment plan that people can use at home or in other care settings.

“We’re really there to speak to people’s hearts, and to help them get through whatever it is where they are right now,” Peek said. “And also, to give a person with dementia the normalcy, the interaction, the independence, the confidence, and the selfesteem to still engage.”

Caregivers can join support groups, where the center provides resources and brings in professionals who can help them work through any challenges.

“Our goal is to really give those people an opportunity to still live their lives while the person with dementia is living their life,” Peek said. “They can do that kind of side by side – with us in the middle providing that net for both of them.”

The center also provides workforce and leadership training for those looking for experience in fields such as social work or healthcare.

The Dementia Enrichment Center along with members from Primoris’ James Construction Group officially unveiled the new backyard with a celebration and ribbon cutting on July 4.

To learn more about the Dementia Enrichment Center, visit https://www.dementiaec.com/.