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LEFT: The grand opening for the new Tri-Lakes Health Pavilion is Jan. There was a special ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. The new entrance to the YMCA is located about 100 feet south joining the health pavilion offices entrance. RIGHT: The main corridor of the Tri-Lakes YMCA and new Health Pavilion is expected to be a busy area. Photos by Danny Summers
New Tri-Lakes Health Pavilion set for Jan. 10 grand opening to the public A special VIP grand opening took place Jan. 6 By Danny Summers
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There is still quite a bit of construction going on at what used to be called the Tri-Lakes YMCA. But that is taking a back to seat to the celebration happening this week at what will now be the new Tri-Lakes Health Pavilion. On Jan. 10, the public is invited to tour the unique Tri-Lakes Health Pavilion; a 50,000 square foot building, developed by a partnership of the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, Centura Health and the Boldt Company. The community grand opening is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with building tours, health and fitness testing, demonstrations and family activities. Representatives of the Health Pavilion’s tenants will be at the opening. They include Centura Health Urgent Care Tri-Lakes; Centura Health Physician Group Tri-Lakes Primary Care; Centura Health Physician Group TriLakes Behavioral Health; Centura Physical Therapy Tri-Lakes; Centura Centers for Occupational Medicine; Tri-Lakes Café and Bistro; PENRAD Imaging; Colorado Laboratory Services; and Monument Pediatrics Mountain View Medical Group.
“Each service will be offering something to demonstrate to the public what they do,” said Heather Steinman, executive director of the Tri-Lakes YMCA. “Urgent Care will offer a teddy bear clinic so you can come in and get your teddy bear fixed up. The YMCA will have an obstacle course, bounce house and gym activities. Another provider will have face painting. Somebody else will have a photo booth, and so on. “It’s basically a big opportunity for the whole community to come, look at the new space, do some fun activities with their kids and see if this is something they would like to have and get a better idea of what this partnership is all about.” On Jan. 6, there was a VIP ribbon cutting ceremony in the Tri-Lakes YMCA gymnasium hosted by the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce. Chamber executive director Terri Hayes was among those in attendance, along with Monument mayor Rafael Dominguez. Also on hand were several board members from the Tri-Lakes YMCA, and YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, as well as representatives from the other health care providers that are involved with the new Health Pavilion. “Our long term vision is to toss out the old convention of only going to the doctor when sick and dealing with the sometimes massive and expensive bureaucracy that comes with hospitals and medical hand-
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Upon entering the Tri-Lakes YMCA guests will have access to the new Health Pavilion.
There is still construction going on at the as the new Tri-Lakes YMCA Health Pavilion takes shape. offs,” said Margaret Sabin, president and CEO of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, who was on hand for the VIP ribbon cutting ceremony. “It may sound counterintuitive, but as a true healthcare system our goal is to keep people healthy and out of hospitals, utilizing them most appropriately for those life events that require the scale and proportions a hospital can provide. “We are supporting that goal by investing in programs and services such as the community health village to keep people healthy.” Steinman said the Health Pavilion is unique to the Pikes Peak region. It is next generation health care in which health care and wellness are combined in one location. The hope is that the new pavilion will integrate advanced, individualized exercise and fitness programs (provided by the YMCA at a cost), along with pediatric medicine, adult primary care, family nutrition, orthopedic medicine, radiology, urgent care and occupational therapy. The Tri-Lakes YMCA (which Steinman said has about 10,000 members), Centura Health and all of the other providers in the Health Pavilion will share newly constructed common atrium entryway. It will include a concierge desk, Tri-Lakes Café and Bistro, and child care with supervised children’s activities for patrons at the YMCA’s Child Watch program. The Child Watch Program was already in place, but the entrance has been moved to the new atrium. “The job of the concierge is to not
answer medical questions, but to direct people where they need to go,” Steinman said. “We will have contact information for a medical provider and be able to tell people what those medical providers offer. “Child Watch is now available to patients. Let’s say you come in and you have a physical therapy appointment, and you have kids, you can drop them off at Child Watch and do your physical therapy appointment.” Steinman noted that the Tri-Lakes YMCA is offering free memberships to all seventh grade students in the Lewis-Palmer School District 38. A bus that services Lewis-Palmer Middle School will take kids to the Health Pavilion who have memberships with the YMCA “Research has shown that seventh grade has been found to be a very critical year where kids have more at-risk behavior,” said Steinman, who noted that the Tri-Lakes YMCA gave away more than $100,000 in scholarships to families in need last year. “Seventh graders are at home by themselves more. They are introduced to alcohol and drugs and get out of the sports they used to play. “District 38 seventh grade students will have full access to the gym for free until they are in eighth grade. We hope that by them being here they will have a sense of community and stay involved with their peers in a positive ways.” Steinman added that the café is scheduled to be completed sometime around the middle of February. It should be the last part of the construction project.