HospiceCare to build new facility in Janesville
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HospiceCare facility planned
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
HospiceCare will host a neighborhood meeting to discuss plans for a new 16,000-square-foot facility on Janesville’s northeast side.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 11, at New Life Assembly of God, 2416 N. Wright Road, Janesville.
JANESVILLE — HospiceCare hopes to break ground in spring 2012 for a new facility on the city’s northeast side.
J.P. Cullen & Sons will serve as the general contractor to build the 16,000-square-foot building on five acres HospiceCare is buying in the 3300 block of Sandhill Drive.
Elizabeth Kopling of HospiceCare said the project is in the preliminary stages. A neighborhood meeting is planned for Tuesday, Jan. 11, to discuss the project with the public.
Kopling said a capital campaign is planned, but a budget and conceptual drawing of the project are yet to be completed.
The new facility and site are the result of months of research into the Rock County hospice market, she said, noting that HospiceCare now serves about 150 patients in the Rock County area each day.
The new building, she said, will not be an inpatient facility. It will, however, offer more space to allow the organization to operate more efficiently. The site also is big enough to accommodate expansion if, and when, it becomes necessary, she said.
A combination of private and open office spaces in the new building will house education, outreach and recognition events in addition to staff and volunteer trainings plus donor development.
HospiceCare’s Janesville office now operates out of an 11,000-square-foot building at 3001 W. Memorial Drive. That building, which HospiceCare owns, will be listed and sold.
HospiceCare operates out of two offices: one in Madison and the other in Janesville. It’s been in existence since 1978 and provides service in patients’ homes, a HospiceCare inpatient unit in Fitchburg plus skilled nursing and assisted living facilities throughout south central Wisconsin.
The nonprofit is community based and dedicated to providing physical, emotional and spiritual support daily to 650 patients and families dealing with life-limiting conditions in Rock, Walworth, Green, Jefferson and Dane counties.
J.P. Cullen is a 118-year-old general contracting and construction management firm with its corporate office is in Janesville. It has built multiple assisted living centers in Wisconsin and is currently renovating 165,000 square feet at Lapham Park Assisted Living, Milwaukee.
Feb 8, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
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I would hope it isn't a tall building. There's a very nice church next door. And the Sandhill Drive and Wright Road corner can be tricky in snowy weather. I hope any exits are to the south of the intersection.
Jan 1, 2011 at 1:17 p.m.
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That's a curious point you raise. I think it would make a very interesting story for the Gazette to investigate what exactly are the details that qualify an organization to be catagorized as a "non-profit." Also what are the tax benefits to them? Aside from Hospice, there are several of these "non-profit" type entities in our area. Hospice does good work, and provides a valuable service. To my knowledge a great amount of its funding comes through medicare, or perhaps other government subsidies. If there was no profit or financial gain for these "non profit" organizations, they wouldn't have the means to purchase land, develop sites, market themselves, employ staff, and provide services.
Dec 31, 2010 at 9:54 a.m.
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You would think, especially being a nonprofit organization, they would submit the plans for bids instead of handing it to one of the highest priced contractors in wisconsin. They could save 10% or better, that buys alot for hospice care.
Just my .02
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