Forest City Family Health Center breaks ground

| 15 Jul 2018 | 09:04

Pictured (from left): Michael Clifford, chief financial officer, Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH)/ WMCHC Board; Nicholas Cost, president, Forest City Borough Council; Attorney Hugh Rechner, first vice chair, WMH Board; Dirk Mumford, chair, WMH Board; David Hoff, CEO, WMH/ WMCHC Board; Krista Hollis, CRNP, FCFHC; David Tomazic, DO, FCFHC; Frederick Jackson, executive director, WMCHC; Peter Rodgers, chair, WMCHC Board; PA State Representative Jonathan Fritz (R); William Kerl, WMCHC Board; Robert Fortuner, finance director, WMCHC; Steve Tourje, WMCHC Board; and Walter Smith, WMCHC Board. (Photo provided)

FOREST CITY — Groundbreaking for the Forest City Family Health Center, a 5,000-square-foot medical office building under construction by Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, was held July 12.
Government officials, local business owners, Wayne Memorial board members, administrators, and staff assembled at the work site on Dundaff Street in Forest City to mark the project’s milestone.
The $1 million-plus project also received funding from the Moses Taylor Foundation. The former American Legion Post 524 building was razed to make way for the center, which will include seven exam rooms, provider offices, a separate treatment room and facilities for laboratory services.
The Moses Taylor Foundation has approved WMCHCs’ request for a $100,000 grant toward building of the facility.
The current office space in Vandling (called McAndrew Family Health Center) does not have the physical capacity to meet patient demand and lacks adequate parking. Also, because it is outside of Forest City proper it makes access difficult for patients without transportation.
The new site is expected to be ready for occupancy in early 2019.

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