A $10 million medical facility slated for town will include a walk-in care unit. The town has been without urgent care for more than 20 years since St. Luke’s Hospital closed its doors downtown, and now a 36,000-square-foot, full-service facility is planned at Commerce Boulevard and Route 18. Compass Medical South, a chain of 10 healthcare facilities, is expected to clear its last permitting hurdle on July 27, 2010. Read more about this much-needed facility coming soon to Middleboro at EnterpriseNews.com.
Update:
The Planning Board has delayed approving a permit for a $10 million walk-in medical building about a mile east of the town center. Planning Director Ruth M. Geoffroy said the planning board is satisfied about the project as a whole but has to work through several minor details, including where to place a sign. “We’re ready to approve,” Geoffroy said. “We’re struggling with the location of the sign, everything (else) is all settled.” The board had intended to take a vote on the matter this week but delayed it until a specially scheduled meeting Tuesday. Compass Medical Executive Director Jamie Barber said he expects that the planning board will grant the permit. (Source: EnterpriseNews.com, August 1, 2010)
Update #2: Jamie Barber, executive director for Compass, said he hopes construction will begin Sept. 1, 2010 with an opening slated for next summer. Barber said professional recruitment is under way, and by January he hopes to begin hiring the workforce. He expects the center to employ more than 100 people by its second year of operation. Get more information at EnterpriseNews.com.
Update #3: Having grown into one of the leading providers on the South Shore, the group will soon take another step in its evolution with the opening of the state-of-the-art Compass Medical Middleborough facility, which is slated to open its doors this fall. Once complete, the 36,000-square-foot facility will house urgent care, internal medicine, family medicine, radiology and imaging, the cardiovascular center, behavioral health and specialty services, and will provide much needed services to an area that has been underserved since the old St. Luke’s Hospital closed more than two decades ago. Get the rest of the story at MDNews.com.
Am I naive or perhaps slow but is this medical building approval really being delayed for the sign placement? When will this town wake up and understand we are being held hostage by incompetents (in my humble opinion.) Cannot post my real name for fear of retribution. Very sad.
It does seem rather ridiculous that a much-needed facility would be delayed or held up in some other way simply due to a disagreement over signage. I certainly hope that the town wouldn’t allow that type of discussion to be the sticking point for this new business in town. Of course, your statement that you cannot use your real name for due to retribution fears, well, that says something about this town all by itself!