By Jacquelyn Abad, ABC NewsWatch 12 GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Grants Pass Sobering Center will be holding an open house Apr. 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There have been some setbacks opening up the center, but workers are putting on the finishing touches. Alarms are installed, surveillance cameras are up and toilets have… Read More
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A new chapter for Civic Stadium
by The Register-Guard, March 17, 2016 Friends to Save Civic. Save Civic Stadium. Eugene Civic Alliance. Friends of Civic Stadium. A shifting group of volunteer organizations struggled for years to find a way to save the beloved, but deteriorating, local sports landmark, against staggering odds. Now, a year after Civic Stadium burned to the ground,… Read More
Grants Pass sobering center opening soon
By Bianca Peters, KOBI-TV 5 Grants Pass, Ore. — The countdown begins as the final touches are being put on a first of it’s kind facility in Grants Pass; a new sobering center. The 4,700 square foot facility on Foundry Street will house those under the influence for up to 24 hours, freeing up hospital and jail beds.… Read More
AllCare Health donates $100,000 to Food & Friends
By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier GRANTS PASS, OR – The drive to get senior meals programs established at a former church building in northeast Grants Pass got a huge boost with a $100,000 donation from AllCare Health, it was announced this morning. Food & Friends, which feeds about 1,100 senior citizens a day… Read More
Grocer Rick Wright’s new events center has bookings into 2016
By Sherri Buri McDonal, The Register-Guard, October 25, 2015 EUGENE, OR – Venue 252, a large new events center in Eugene’s burgeoning Whiteaker district, is the latest project of local grocery executive Rick Wright, who said he has spent $4.5 million to buy and remodel this piece of the once-sprawling former Eugene Planing Mill. Venue 252… Read More
NEW SOBERING CENTER BREAKS GROUND IN GRANTS PASS
GRANTS PASS, Ore.— October 7, 2015 – The Grants Pass Sobering Center’s new 4,500-square-foot facility planned to become operational by February 2016. Local dignitaries, elected officials and other key supporters will join together on Thursday, October 8th at 9:30am, to mark the start of the construction phase on the new 4,500-square-foot Sobering Center facility in Grants Pass. The… Read More
AllCare Health Breaks Ground On New Grants Pass Headquarters
July 27, 2015, AllCare Health’s new 45,000-square-foot headquarters slated to open in November 2016 GRANTS PASS, Ore.—Executives for Mid Rogue AllCare Health Assurance, Inc. and its healthcare divisions broke ground today on a new 45,000-square-foot building in Grants Pass. In addition, the company recently announced it was changing its name to AllCare Health. The new building… Read More
Three-story AllCare Health facility will be home to 70 physicians, 150 employees
By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier, July 28, 2015 State Rep. Duane Stark had the crowd laughing Monday morning, as he explained what AllCare Health meant to him. Stark was speaking at the groundbreaking event for a 45,000-square foot headquarters for AllCare on Northeast Seventh Street. “(Dr.) Lyle Jackson actually brought me into the… Read More
Allen Dale sports complex clears first hurdles
By Jim Moore, Daily Courier, May 6, 2015 GRANTS PASS, OR – Construction on a multipurpose sports complex next to Allen Dale Elementary School is so near and yet so far. But it remains far off because there still is no timeline for completion, let alone a groundbreaking date. Money for the $6 million project,… Read More
Large scale metal sculpture “Brittilaria” installed at Britt
MEDFORD, OR — A new work by Jacksonville metal artist Cheryl Garcia has been installed on the Britt hill. Titled “Brittilaria,” the sculpture was inspired by the frittilaria flower that grows in the Jacksonville Woodlands. “Brittilaria” is located near the entrance to the Britt hill, next to the Performance Garden. The work is on a… Read More