Friday, May 28, 2010
Ground Breaking For Eastern State Hospital
KENTUCKY....
Last fall, state, city and University of Kentucky leaders unveiled architectural plans for a new $129 million Eastern State Hospital, which was then scheduled to open in 2012. Governor Steve Beshear's chief of staff, Adam Edelen, told a crowd gathered Thursday at the National Alliance on Mental Illness banquet in Lexington that he will soon be scheduling the dedication and ground breaking for the new hospital. Under a land swap, the 300,000-square-foot facility would be built at the University of Kentucky Coldstream Research Campus near Interstate 64/75. The current site, closer to downtown, would become the site for a new campus for the Bluegrass Community and Technical college system. Work on the college is expected to begin in 2011.
Last fall, state, city and University of Kentucky leaders unveiled architectural plans for a new $129 million Eastern State Hospital, which was then scheduled to open in 2012. Governor Steve Beshear's chief of staff, Adam Edelen, told a crowd gathered Thursday at the National Alliance on Mental Illness banquet in Lexington that he will soon be scheduling the dedication and ground breaking for the new hospital. Under a land swap, the 300,000-square-foot facility would be built at the University of Kentucky Coldstream Research Campus near Interstate 64/75. The current site, closer to downtown, would become the site for a new campus for the Bluegrass Community and Technical college system. Work on the college is expected to begin in 2011.
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