JACKSON RECOVERY TO BUILD NEW FACILITY

SIOUX CITY'S JACKSON RECOVERY CENTER HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RELOCATE INTO A NEW CHILD AND ADOLESCENT RECOVERY HOSPITAL.

PRESIDENT AND C-E-O KERMIT DAHLEN SAYS THE 9 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WEST OF GOODWILL INDUSTRIES ON WEST 4TH STREET, NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO WAR EAGLE PARK.

JACKSON RECOVERY CURRENTLY LEASES SPACE IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS HOME ON COURT STREET, BUT DAHLEN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MOVE OUT BY 2015.

THE 48-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT RECOVERY HOSPITAL WOULD CONSIST OF 72 UNITS, AN INCREASE FROM THEIR CURRENT 41 BEDS.

PART OF THE PLAN INCLUDES A 12 BED CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCH UNIT , SOMETHING DAHLEN SAYS IS BADLY NEEDED IN SIOUX CITY FOR YOUNG MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT NEEDS:



DAHLEN APPEARED BEFORE THE WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSED ISSUE OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE BONDS TO FINANCE THE HOSPITAL.

SUPERVISORS SET THAT HEARING FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH.