The Antwerp Regional Health Center Ribbon Cutting taking place on March 22 with the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce.
The Paulding County Hospital held their Grand Opening of the Antwerp Regional Health Center on March 22nd. This construction started less than 8 months ago. The ground breaking back in the summer was a major event and the following construction went very quickly. The contractor CME Corporation out of Fort Wayne completed the job in a timely manner.
This new facility was planned and built with expediency, and exhibits all requirements from the state to the county and local governments including all medical structural codes.
CEO Randy Ruge touted how well everything came together for this project. He thanked Prosecutor Joe Burkard for taking the time to get the land all transferred to the hospital and also the Antwerp CIC for donating some of the land. He also thanked Village Administrator, Sara Keeran, and Antwerp Mayor, Ray DeLong, for their help in the coordination efforts. He also said the Paulding County Commissioners helped with the deal. It was the Paulding County Hospital Building and Grounds Committee that was able to put the idea onto paper. This group included Michael Winans, Chair; Konnie Gerber, and Russell Rager. Vintage Archonics, the architects, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, designed this very modern structure. The interior decorating was by Jeanise Denning and Naomi Nicely.
Mr. Ruge also thanked all the hospital staff and doctors for their hard work and dedication to the Antwerp area. The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce congratulated Randy for continuing to support Antwerp and building business locally.
The new facility is over 5000 square feet, doubling the size of the Buffalo Street office. It also houses a training center with all kinds of various exercise and rehabilitation equipment enabling people to have help managing not only their weight, but also to be able to exercise when weather is poor.
The new office on Erie Street had many sub-contractors who participated in the construction of the new facility. Several local sub-contractors include Ben Kauser Excavating, Baughman Tile, Big C Lumber, Grabill Truss Manufacturing, Schweller Electric and many more.
The Bargain Bin of Paulding donated $5000 for new equipment at the facility and Randy made note of this and all of their efforts to the hospital over the years. When you purchase from the Bargain Bin you are supporting the local health in the community.
It is very impressive to see that this entire new medical health center was built without any loans. The cost was over $1.3 million, but it was paid in full. That says a lot for the management of the board and the hospital as a whole with all of its local facilities.
