Maple City Health Care Center Completes Addition/Renovation Project

(November 5, 2009) Maple City Health Care Center now has new exam rooms and expanded office space thanks to the recent completion of a significant addition/renovation project.  The project added a partial second floor to the 213 Middlebury Street facility, located across from Chamberlain Elementary School.  DJ Construction was the general contractor.

The community health care center now has an additional 1,613 square feet, increasing the number of exam rooms from 7 to 12.  The extensive main level renovations separated the space that patients use from space that medical staff uses.  The changes make it easier for patients to find their way from the waiting room to exam rooms and back.

The renovations also improved the comfort of the waiting room and increased space for laboratory testing.  High efficiency heating and cooling equipment was installed as well.

According to DJ Project Manager Dan Jacobs, the construction team worked hard to minimize disruptions to operations during the project as the second-story addition and main level renovation were completed while the medical facility remained in operation.

Don Yost of Maple City Health Care Center appreciated this effort.  "DJ was wonderful to work with,"  he states.  "They planned carefully and worked around our operations so we never had to close during the entire renovation process."

Funding for the project came from the Indiana State Department of Health, Elkhart County Community Foundation, and local donors.

Maple City Health Care Center's mission is to foster healthy community in the Goshen neighborhood by providing and promoting affordable, accessible, and integrated quality care and to articulate and promote its experience as a sustainable model.  A group of low-income residents, community leaders, and a doctor launched Maple City Health Care Center in the spring of 1989 on the principle that the physical health of individuals and the health of the community are interrelated.  The center celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.