Big progress on the Meadow Center
As part of the ongoing mission to serve our community, the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services Board is happy to announce the latest steps in our effort to renovate and expand the Meadow Center.
The Mount Gilead facility, built in 1990, has long been home to three mental health and substance use service providers, but the building remains in desperate need of repairs. Issues include a lack of space for family treatment and crisis assessment services, insufficient security, and failing doors, windows and roof.
After years of planning, work to renovate and save the Meadow Center is underway.
Contractor Barton Malow has started interior and exterior work on the building that sits at 950 Meadow Drive, adjacent to the Morrow County Hospital. The original 10,980 square feet will be updated, and the addition of 7,210 square feet of new space will allow the Meadow Center to increase outpatient capacity to add a fourth provider who primarily serves children and families, while also creating a secure crisis assessment space for an existing provider tenant. The expanded facility will also increase accessibility and cut wait times for services.
Work is expected to take about a year and wrap up in late 2024.
An artistic rendering of the fully-renovated Meadow Center
“After this overhaul, the facility will become an accessible, multi-use, and cost-effective site to create a sustainable behavioral health hub - a one-stop-shop - to serve all age groups in need of services,” said Board Executive Director Deanna Brant.
“Our community deserves this state of the art facility and we’re thrilled to be able to make it happen,” Brant said.
The Board has already secured state and federal grant funding to offset the burden to local taxpayers. In addition, the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services will also be launching a Capital Campaign to help fund the Meadow Center project. The Board plans to leverage partnerships with major community stakeholders and other mental health and addiction recovery advocates around the country in hopes of saving general funds for provider services.
We’ll bring you more updates on this exciting project as we get them. Until then, thanks for all of your support!
For more information on the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health & Recovery Services Board and the services offered by our providers, please visit www.dmmhrsb.org or call 740-368-1740.
For media requests, please contact Communications Director Steve Brown at sbrown@dmmhrsb.org.