The loan will be made through HUD's hospital mortgage insurance program aimed at helping health care facilities in small communities.
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:18 p.m.
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L'ANSE -- The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has just announced that it will finance the $28.3 million project to build a new facility for Baraga County Memorial Hospital.
The loan will be made through HUD's hospital mortgage insurance program aimed at helping health care facilities in small communities.
The new hospital is expected to add to patient convenience with in-and-out patient services; physicians and clinics all located in the same building. The 71,000 square foot facility will also feature a satellite location of a local retail pharmacy.
Crews have started clearing the site which is a few miles east of the current location on US-41.
"We were very fortunate that after a long revue and a real, hard look by HUD that we qualified for this program," said John Tembreull, Hospital Administrator.
Crews will officially break ground for the project next spring.
The hospital should be completed by July 2011.
