11 facts about Florida’s new VA Nursing Home site selection: And then there was 1?

May 24, 2014 at 1:29 am · Filed under Ave Maria News and tagged: Ave Maria chronicles, Ave Maria Florida, Ave Maria University, Barron Collier Companies, scandal, VA, VA nursing home, Veterans Administration

While the Veterans Administration scandal boils on the President’s desk, there is some pleasant VA news connected to Ave Maria. The VA is planning to build a VA nursing home in southern Florida and several counties have submitted site proposals to the state’s site selection committee.

We learned last month that Collier County was proposing 2 sites, both in Ave Maria. Today we learned a few more things. Here is a summary:

1. The nursing home cannot be in a hurricane evacuation zone.

2. Lee County did not have any project-ready land available that was not in a hurricane evacuation zone, so they didn’t submit a proposal.

3. Previously the state VA identified Collier and Lee counties as those most in need of a nursing home (that means we’re the only such county still in the running).

4. The site selection committee will visit Ave Maria on June 23.

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