Wheeler Health – which has several family health and wellness centers in central Connecticut – announced Monday that it has brought on New Britain-based Downes Construction Co. to oversee construction of a new planned 46,000-square-foot community health center and administrative headquarters on Hope Street in Bristol.
Construction on the project is expected to start this fall. Wheeler said it has already reached 80% of its $500,000 project fundraising goal.
Wheeler Health said the new flagship facility at Bristol Centre Square downtown is anticipated to open late next year and will employ more than 200 full- and part-time workers.
Wheeler Health said it was consolidating services already provided on North Main Street in Bristol “to realize its vision of truly integrated primary and behavioral health care under one roof.”
Services currently offered at 10 and 225 North Main St. in Bristol include adult primary care, pediatrics, behavioral health, and psychiatry and addiction treatment, among others.
“This will be an amazing center to improve the health of the entire community, including integrating nutrition into care plans, and providing access to fresh produce,” Wheeler CEO and President Sabrina Trocchi said. “We know that healthy diet is a vital element to better health outcomes.”
Wheeler also announced on Wednesday the launch of a new intensive mental health outpatient pilot program for children and teens at 855 Lakewood Road in Waterbury.
