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$2 Million Contribution For Health Care Expansion In Century
August 5, 2018
The Escambia County Health Facilities Authority is making up to a $2 million contribution to expand health care options in Century.
The contribution will help fund and expand the Lakeview Center, including additional space for Community Health Northwest Florida, formerly known as the Escambia Community Clinics.
“This is, for almost the six years that we have been in office, the best news that has happened inside the town of Century,” Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry said. “It’s really going to a great thing.”
The nearly 5,000 square foot expansion will include five medical exam rooms, a new dental suite, and expanded lobby and additional parking in the rear of the building located in the Century Industrial Park.
Community Heath Chief Executive Officer Chandra Smiley said the expansion will add capacity for about 5,000 additional medical visits and 1,600 dental per year. It will also mean about seven new jobs, which Community Health will seek to fill with local residents.
Community Health Northwest Florida is a non-profit community health center that strives to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to the medically underserved residents of the Pensacola area and surrounding regions of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Current locations include Century Adult and Family Care and Century Pediatrics on Church Street, and Cantonment Adult and Family Care.
The Escambia County Health Facilities Authority is a special purpose public corporation which provides capital financing for non-profit health care organizations. The authority was established by the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, which appoints the Authority’s five board members. The Authority is self-supporting and receives no federal, state or local governmental funding.
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6 Responses to “$2 Million Contribution For Health Care Expansion In Century”
“great, more taxpayer funded freebies that working tax payers won’t get”
it’s upsetting that some of our society has to be so negative about some of the lower class people that may need help. Not all people that receive services from the state such as food stamps or Medicaid are bad. Sometimes people lose their high paying jobs and have to resort to means that they themselves may be ashamed of in order to support their children. And if you research a little you will find that not all of those funds come from state taxpayers. However, I will get off of my soap box and thank you William for clarifying the last line of the article about this authority receives NO federal, state, or local funding. Makes me wonder what the db stands for….
Sorely needed in Century.
I am extremely glad Century is getting a health facility but wonder why we cannot even get a small Heath clinic here in Walunt Hill, Davisville or Bratt. We had one and it was given to the Sherriff’s Dept. and it is sitting there not used. Escambia County has forgotten the North end. We used to be able to have some services at Billy Ward Center but cannot get driver’s license, tags or any services there now. We should be annexed into Alabama and pay half the adveloriuu taxes on our property. This has been going on for years because my friends from Atmore could not believe the taxes on our property versus what they paid. Wake up Count Commissioners and drive up North.
The upper end of the county and especially Century would greatly benefit to the improvements underway. Why anyone would not be in favor of improved Dental,Mental Health and A General Physician is beyond my comprehension. There is a substantial amount of people in this area with poor or otherwise bad health, I consider any improvements to our health care generally a good thing.
>great, more taxpayer funded freebies that working tax payers won’t get.
Please read the last line of the story again.
“The Authority is self-supporting and receives no federal, state or local governmental funding.”
great, more taxpayer funded freebies that working tax payers won’t get.