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December 17, 2012
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ed the hospital its Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. The designation recognizes a facility’s ability to achieve long-term success in improving outcomes for stroke patients. “The Primary Stroke Center Certification has given us the opportunity to highlight the exceptional stroke care we provide for our patients,” said Dr. Antonio Liu, a neurologist and medical director of the Stroke Center at CHMC.
California Hospital Gets Stroke Certification
Broadway Cultural Quarter Moves Forward
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he California Hospital Medical Center added to its long list of industry honors last week. On Wednesday, Dec. 12, the institution at 1401 S. Grand Ave. announced that the Joint Commission, working with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, had award-
lans to create a cultural facility on Broadway got a boost last week, when the City Council approved the allocation of $470,000 in grant funds for pre-development work for the Broadway Arts Center. The money will be used to create a master plan for the project and to study the potential
for a Downtown campus of the Valencia-based California Institute of the Arts. The grant was awarded to the city Department of Cultural Affairs in June by ArtPlace, an organization made up of a mix of federal agencies and foundations. The council’s vote on Tuesday, Dec. 11, splits the funds between three entities to launch the project, which is part of 14th District City Councilman José Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway initiative. The organizations Artspace and The Actors Fund will get a total of $350,000 for the predevelopment (including site selection) of the Broadway Arts Center; plans call for the project to include mixed-use commercial space that would contain a theater, an art gallery and affordable housing for artists. CalArts will receive $50,000 to study the potential of a Downtown campus and Morphosis Architects will get $70,000 to create a master plan and design for the overall Broadway Cultural Quarter, a multi-site campus anchored by the Broadway Arts Center.
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