Press Releases
DATE: 12 August 2010
RELEASE NO:10-18
Grand opening held for new Grace Hill South Health Center
By Gerald Sonnenberg
ST. LOUIS, Mo. –Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers (GHNHC) held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Grace Hill South Health Center on Aug. 11. Grace Hill South, previously located at 3400 S. Jefferson, is now located at the Alexian Plaza Building at 3930 S. Broadway, across the street from St. Alexius Hospital. Staff there began seeing patients on Aug. 23.
In addition to Alan Freeman, President and CEO, speakers at the event included Missouri State Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford, and Mattie Moore, Deputy Regional Director for the St. Louis Office of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill.
There has been a continual increase in total patients and visits over the past three years at Grace Hill South, and the space is too small to accommodate the demand. The new location allows GHNHC to expand and improve its service offerings, especially to meet the needs of low income and underserved patients who are seeking a primary care medical home.
GHNHC occupies just under 10,000 square feet (about 70 percent) of the building, which is owned by KOBA, LLC. This will increase patient capacity by approximately 30 percent. The design for the new clinic space was created in conjunction with the Arcturis architectural firm. Musick Construction was the general contractor that oversaw the renovation project.
Approximately 80 percent of the $1.5 million budget for the project was secured through a grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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PHOTO AND CUTLINE:
10-18 Ribbon cutting——(Left to right) Alan Freeman, GHNHC President and CEO; Bill Siedhoff, director of the St. Louis City Department of Human Services; Barbara Bailey, GHNHC Chief Operating Officer; Robert Jacobson, GHNHC board chairman; Missouri State Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford; Sister Betty Brucker, GHNHC board member; Ron Evans, GHNHC board vice chairman; Mattie Moore, Deputy Regional Director for the St. Louis Office of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill; and Jean Frazee, GHNHC board treasurer, cut the ribbon during the Grace Hill South Health Center grand opening on Aug. 11. Photo by Gerald Sonnenberg.
Grace Hill Health Centers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that has been enabling healthy, productive lives in St. Louis for more than 100 years. GHHC is accredited through the prestigious Joint Commission.
