Expansion Updates

What has occurred?

• The Center for Better Health facility opened at 100 W. Main St. in Benton Harbor in October of 2020.
• Willie Lawrence, MD, joined the Lakeland Heart & Vascular team and began a high-risk cardiovascular program at the Center in the summer of 2021.
• On Jan. 11, 2021, the center announced that services would continue and expand.
• The center celebrated one year of being open in November 2021.
• The building at 145 W. Main St in downtown Benton Harbor was generously donated to Corewell Health in December 2022 by Whirlpool Corporation for the center's expansion.
• The Center for Better Health and Wellness newsletter launched to inform community members of services, patient stories, and more.
• In June of 2022, the center received the Ludwig Community Benefit Award from the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.
• The center received $500,000 in federal funding in August of 2022.
• The Center for Better Health and Wellness Construction Kick-off Celebration took place on January 17, 2023, at the future home of the center, which is located at 145 W. Main St. in Benton Harbor.

What is coming?

Center for Better Health and Wellness, 100 W. Main Street in Benton Harbor

• Continuing to recruit for a practitioner to provide mental health counseling.

The future home of the center, 145 W. Main Street in Benton Harbor

• The building walls are currently being framed.
• The elevator has been approved. The concrete foundation for the elevator will be starting soon. The shaft will take three to four weeks to complete. 
• A blood draw room and immunization room are being designed. 
• Discussions continue to be underway about the specialties that are needed for the community.
• Timeline:
  • End of June or early July 2023 is the proposed construction completion date. Staff will be allowed to work in the building. 
  • The proposed "go-live" date is November 2023, after the elevator is finished. The go live date is when everything is in place and working and the building is ready to open to the public. Operating hours will be 8 to 5 p.m., with possible evening hours that are yet to be decided.