Sullivan County Renovation Modernizes Unity Long Term Care Facility

Sullivan County Health Care in Unity is undergoing a multi year renovation and revitalization to modernize its long term care and rehabilitation facility. The project consolidates and upgrades three joined buildings named Sanders, Stearns and MacConnell and is the largest line item in the county capital improvement plan, with an overall budget of roughly seventy five million dollars.

Funding for the project is a mix of state and federal forgivable loans and awards that cover about forty five percent of the total, county capital reserves, American Rescue Plan Act funds and delegation approved bonding. The county delegation authorized bonds up to thirty five million dollars to support the work. That financing structure means the project draws heavily on outside awards while also committing substantial local resources and future debt capacity.

The project moved through planning and feasibility in 2019 and reached construction drawings completion in 2020, with revisions made in 2022. The construction phase spans roughly December 2022 through December 2025, placing the work in its final scheduled months. Harvey Construction serves as construction manager and Warrenstreet Architects is the architect. A project manager and county contacts oversee implementation, and the project team has produced regular newsletters and near real time progress images documenting on site work.

For residents and families the renovation aims to update facility infrastructure, improve rehabilitation spaces and modernize long term care environments that affect daily living and clinical services. For taxpayers the scale and financing of the work will influence county capital reserves, bonding capacity and budgeting choices in years to come. County officials will need to balance completion of the modernization with long term obligations created by the bonding authorization and reserve draw downs.

Local stakeholders should monitor schedule milestones, final cost metrics and any conditions attached to the forgivable awards that could affect operating requirements. County contacts and the project manager can provide up to date status information for residents seeking details about construction impacts, transitional arrangements and timelines for the renovated facility to begin full operations.