Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce, MV EDGE, The Community Foundation and The Genesis Group, united in support of the Mohawk Valley Health System Integrated Health Campus in Downtown Utica
In support of Mohawk Valley Health System President/CEO Darlene Stromstad’s recent “Just the Facts,” publication, we would like to address the often-repeated concern about building a hospital in Downtown Utica because of the CSX/Amtrak rail line. #mvhsdowntown’s opponents on Facebook claim that the project site is within a “federally mandated evacuation zone,” but the link… Continue reading Facts from the Federal Government
With summer drawing to a close, our community's largest-ever public-private project continues to take shape, and Mohawk Valley Health System is hosting a celebration at the site of #mvhsdowntown. As of today, many properties in the project footprint have been secured--22 of 35 property owners have closed their respective deals--and the City of Utica is… Continue reading Celebrate progress
The July 28. 2019, Observer-Dispatch headline, "Signs of change in downtown as businesses move out," accompanied a story of midsummer progress for #mvhsdowntown. Not long ago, a mere handful of property owners had come to terms with Mohawk Valley Health System. Now, 20 of 35 have closed on their properties in the project footprint. Many… Continue reading Signs of change, progress–and a minor delay
As part of the work of our newmvhospital coalition (Genesis Group, Greater Utica Chamber, Mohawk Valley EDGE, The Community Foundation) in support of #mvhsdowntown, we occasionally share the latest from Mohawk Valley Health System President/CEO Darlene Stromstad. Here is the latest of her regular updates on the project entitled, "Just the Facts: I keep hearing… Continue reading Pediatrics part of Downtown Utica’s new regional medical center
Actually, the headline in today's Observer-Dispatch reads, "With Hospital Coming, Utica Company Moving to Bleecker Street." And that's just one of two stories in the June 20, 2019, O-D chronicling continued progress; the other headline reads: "Utica Council OKs Sale of Property in Hospital Footprint." The last line in the second story sums it all… Continue reading The Hospital is Coming
The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce, Mohawk Valley EDGE and The Genesis Group condemn the continuing divisive, hateful, and racist tactics and statements employed by the “no hospital” Facebook group that opposes Downtown Utica’s regional healthcare campus. In the group’s latest use of baseless and incendiary rhetoric,… Continue reading Community Organizations Respond to “No Hospital” Group’s Racist, Divisive Social Media Tactics
As summer arrives, it's exciting to see "Future Home of" signs showing up in the #mvhsdowntown project footprint. Already, MVHS has secured the parcels in the healthcare campus project footprint, clearing the way for demolition and the start of construction in the months ahead. Sadly, the few who still actively oppose the project on social… Continue reading A Summer of Progress–Updated
