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  • Hospital District sells EACC facility

    Chairman Eric Walker, EARH Board|Updated Jul 19, 2018

    The big news of the month, which you probably already have heard, is that the District has succeeded in selling the former Care Center property. What you may not have heard is that it looks as if the deal will be even better than originally thought. That is because the Care Center property actually comprises four distinct land parcels. The buyer’s original offer, as accepted by the District, was for one of those four parcels, the one with the facility structure on it. But the buyer, considering their plans for further expansi...

  • Public forum slated for Jan. 12 to determine future for EACC

    Chairman Eric Walker, Hospital District Board of Commissioners|Updated Jan 5, 2017

    The status of the East Adams Care Center, currently operated by Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2, has now reached a critical decision point. The District was given the Care Center at no cost in mid-2014 by its then-owner, Life Care Centers of America, who strongly implied that if the District did not accept the Care Center, they would close it. The decision whether to accept it and continue operating it was a difficult one, and the District went to the community for advice in a town-hall meeting on Aug. 14, 2014....