Columbus Community Hospital recently received $12.6 million from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development’s Shovel-Ready Capital Recovery and Investment Act Grant, New Channel Nebraska reports.
The grant helps qualified non-profit organizations fund projects that have a positive economic impact on the state of Nebraska. Of the 125 grant recipients, CCH was the only health care facility that received funds for the Columbus Fieldhouse Sports Complex.
The hospital board began discussions about adding a community fieldhouse in September 2019. After touring similar facilities, it approved the project in December 2019 at a cost of $35 million, with the goal of starting itin 2020. However, in May 2020, the board immediately stopped the project so it could allow the hospital to focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and caring for its staff, patients and community.
Leaders attempted to resume progress on the project in summer 2021, but the pandemic’s second wave further delayed progress. Read more.
