Description
The Clark County Center for Community Health is under construction at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs campus in Vancouver. The four-story, 176,400-square-foot facility will house Clark County’s Department of Community Services and Health Department.
The building will also house the administrative offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a crisis coordination center and several local nonprofit health-related organizations — the Clark County Council on Alcohol and Drugs, the Human Services Council, the Pacific Crest Consortium/TASC and Peace Health/Recovery Northwest.
The nonprofits will lease office space from the county to help finance the center. Partners will be working together to share resources and capacity to enhance social and health services for eligible veterans and other citizens.
The center will be equipped to evaluate individuals with mental health and/or substance abuse issues with in-place plans for long-term care.
Clark County sold bonds to finance construction of the building. The tenants’ 30-year leases will help pay the bonds. The Department of Veterans Affairs is leasing 6.2 acres of land to the county in exchange for office space. The county has raised approximately $7.4 million from local and federal sources, leaving a funding gap of $8 million. The county and nonprofit providers are seeking to bridge the gap through state and federal appropriations and other grants.
The project took more than six years of planning and required an act of congress, according to Michael Piper, director of the Clark County Department of Community Services.
The center is scheduled to open in December 2005.
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Contractor:
Swinerton Builders
Northwest, 3030 S.W.
Moody Ave., Suite 250,
Portland, OR 97210,
(503) 222-2000
Architect:
LSW Architects, 2300 Main St.,
Vancouver, WA 98660,
(360) 694-8571
Engineers:
HHPR (civil)
Kramer Gehlen & Associates
(structural)
MKE (mechanical and
electrical)
PSI (geotechnical)
Owner:
Clark County
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Other Participants
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Accent Masonry
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Advanced Fireproofing &
Installation
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Architectural Signing
Northwest
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BC Installation
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Bergelectric Corp.
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Cascade Acoustics
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Chown Hardware
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Concrete Shop
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Concrete Special Ties
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Crawford Roll-Lite Doors
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D & R Masonry Restoration
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Dark Horse Construction
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DUO-Guard
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Dea Mor Associates
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Deytime Installations
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Duray Portland
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Elmers Flag & Banner
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Ferguson Commercial
Coatings Co.
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Fire Systems West
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Fought & Co.
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Fought/Northstar
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Interior Resources
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Interior Technology
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Interstate Mechanical
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J & R Paving
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J2 Blue Print
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LaRusso Concrete Co.
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Lemons Millwork
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L.L. Lindberg
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Matela & Associates
(landscape architect)
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McDonald & Wettle
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Minister-Glaeser Surveying
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Mountain Glass
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NIC
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Noorda Sheet Metal
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N.W. Pavement Markings
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Otis Elevator Co.
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Precision Rebar
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Pumilite Building Products
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Ray Soucie & Associates
(kitchen consultant)
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Refa Erection
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R2M2 Rebar & Stressing
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Teufel Landscape
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Town & County
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Venice – Genoa Tile
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W & H Pacific
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