A $3 million grant from the William A. Looney Foundation is helping The Mustard Seed Project with the assisted-living and memory-care community it’s building in Lakebay.

The housing, scheduled for completion this year, is the first of its kind in the Key Peninsula area of Pierce County.

Funding for the project is also coming from the federal, state and Pierce County governments, and from private foundations and donors.

Mustard Seed, a non-profit social services organization, will own the completed, five-acre project site. The homes will be operated by Concepts in Community Living, which runs 17 other small, rural senior housing facilities in Washington and Oregon.