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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Lisa Castile, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center, 612-543-0373
Carolyn Marinan, Hennepin County, 612-910-9111
MINNEAPOLIS, May 23, 2024—NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center commemorated the completion of its 30-month campus expansion project at a special ceremony on May 18. The ceremony celebrated the $90 million renovation, which was made possible by the investment of Hennepin County.
Speakers including NorthPoint and Hennepin County leaders and partners as well as elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels shared messages of partnership, gratitude, and pride.
“It is an honor to get to deliver on the vision that this community has asked for and has created for itself,” said Hennepin County Board Chair Irene Fernando during her remarks.
View photos of the May 18 event.
The ceremony also celebrated a historic leadership transition. NorthPoint CEO Stella Whitney-West spoke about her upcoming retirement on June 30 and welcomed Kimberly Spates as her successor.
“I’m leaving a legacy of leaders and amazing staff here at NorthPoint who will move the mission forward,” said Whitney-West. “I have no doubt that NorthPoint will continue the tradition of honoring our history and creating our future.”
Spates, who has served as NorthPoint’s Chief Operations Officer of Human Services since 2014, will begin her official appointment on June 17, overlapping with Whitney-West by two weeks. This leadership transition honors the history of NorthPoint’s 55-year line of strong leaders committed to community wellness and empowerment.
Serving more than 30,000 residents each year, the center provides essential medical, dental, behavioral health, and human services. NorthPoint is administered through a partnership between the Hennepin County Board and the NorthPoint Community Board of Directors made up of NorthPoint’s patients and people who live and/or work in the community.
After the 30-month campus expansion project, NorthPoint now has:
- Increased access to quality and innovative health and wellness services.
- Expanded campus for clinics and programs.
- More employment and economic development opportunities.
- Greater conservation impact with infiltration gardens (with the support of the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization).
Features of the completed campus also now include:
- Dental specialty services
- Food Shelf distribution operations
- Child Wellness Center
- Spirituality, Healing and Wellness Center
- Café and teaching kitchen
- Community courtyard
- And more!
In addition to expanding its ability to holistically serve North Minneapolis and surrounding communities, NorthPoint worked with Hennepin County Facility Services, AECOM, JE Dunn, KMS Construction, and TRI-Construction to ensure a continuation of services all throughout the construction project.
Learn more
Photo gallery of May 18 event
NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center campus expansion project
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Established in 1968, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center (formerly Pilot City) is a multi-specialty medical, dental and behavioral health center and human service agency located in North Minneapolis. Now serving over 36,000 residents annually, NorthPoint is administered through a partnership between Hennepin County and a Community Board of Directors comprised of NorthPoint’s patients and people who live and/or work in the community. NorthPoint strives to improve the physical and socio-economic health of the North Minneapolis community through an integrated model of health and human services.
Look for more Hennepin County news at hennepin.us/news.
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