Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
Through a series of votes, the Planning Advisory Board decided to recommend in favor of a new $200-million heart and stroke center adjacent to the NCH Baker Hospital in downtown Naples.
The support didn’t come easily – or unanimously.
The next stop is city council, which will make the final decision on whether the ambitious project gets built, with a first reading scheduled for January.
The advisory board’s decision on three related petitions came on Wednesday after a long day of additional presentations, discussions and public testimony, for and against the project.
The meeting ran for nearly 10 hours, with a few breaks.
NCH wants to build a five-story heart center where the Telford Education Center is located, immediately south of and attached to its hospital, off Seventh Street North.
Paul Hiltz, president and CEO of the NCH Healthcare System, described the project as the “logical next step” to providing great health care at the hospital.
Read the full article and view proposed plan and renderings on naplesnews.com
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