Collier County is well underway with construction on a $72 million, 120-bed veterans home and day care facility. In early October, the county team is scheduled to meet with the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs.
The dual project is the first of its kind in the country and has caused delays.
County Commission Vice Chairman Bert Sanders, a longtime advocate for the county commission, provided an update to commissioners at the commission’s Sept. 24 meeting. The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs has contracted the design work to Nashville, Tenn.-based Orcutt Winslow and its affiliate HHCP, which has designed about 15 veteran care facilities, Sanders said. Regarding Design International, he concluded by saying that he presented various models to the committee members. year.
“One of the models that we thought was really appealing was the Las Vegas model, so we built a plan around that model, but we just made it much better,” Saunders said. speaks.
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