The Highland District Hospital Board of Directors moves the first spades full of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for the new Rocky Fork Medical Center.

Ground was broken Thursday at Rocky Fork Lake for the new Rocky Fork Medical Center, which is set to be constructed at the corner of North Shore Drive and North Beach Road at the lake.

The clinic will be owned by Highland District Hospital and staffed by Highland Health Providers, officials said.

Randy Lennartz, chief executive officer of Highland District Hospital, described the event as a “celebration.”

“This project took a lot of people,” he told a crowd of nearly 100 people at the construction site. “We’ve been talking about this project for over two years, with making the project come together and getting the providers out here, and now everything has come together as we go forward and provide these services to the people at Rocky Fork Lake.”

Lennartz recognized some of the people who had a large part in getting the medical center to the lake.

In attendance at the groundbreaking were county commissioners Gary Abernathy, Jeff Duncan and Terry Britton, Teresa Lewis from Congressman Brad Wenstrup’s office, Highland Health Providers staff, the Highland District Hospital board of directors and others. Lennartz also gave special mention to Larry and Terry Roberts, who donated the land for the facility. Continue reading…