New Home for Siloam?

Originally published in the Spring 2004 edition of Healing Waters
By Nancy West, Executive Director

As I write this story, I am expecting a contract to be returned on a piece of land located near the Melrose Kroger Shopping Center on Franklin Road . If it arrives and does become a binding document, we will immediately begin feasibility studies, etc. to determine if this tract of land will meet our needs.

Our goal is to build a 10,000 sq.-ft. building with 40 to 50 parking spaces that is conveniently located for our patients and volunteers. We have dreamed of a new facility for quite some time and have put many hours into refining a space requirements list, or better known by the staff as the “dream list.”

We hope for all of the things that you would typically find in any primary care clinic, but in addition we want a chapel and rooms for counseling and patient education, as well as a large area for training workshops. Because we are a non-profit organization – not just a medical clinic – we’ll also need some additional office space that might not typically be found in a medical setting.

Our board, staff and many faithful volunteers and donors believe that 2004 will be the year we break ground and begin to fulfill our vision for expansion. As you know, our goal is to better care for the whole person – physically, mentally and spiritually and we need more space to meet that goal.

©2001 Siloam Health Center