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<\/p>\nSCRANTON \u2014 Construction is underway at the Wright Center for Community Health\u2019s new health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue near Oak Street.<\/p>\n
The new clinic in North Scranton, targeted for opening next summer, will replace the existing one next door to where construction is taking place.<\/p>\n
The project cost grew from $4 million to $9 million with additional investment coming from \u201cnew market tax credits\u201d that will allow the Wright Center to complete three floors all at once, instead of a prior phased approach, said Brian Ebersole, the Wright Center\u2019s senior vice president for ecosystem development.<\/p>\n
The Wright Center recently used such tax credits, which are available in underserved and disadvantaged communities, for a facility in Wilkes-Barre on Pennsylvania Avenue and at the center\u2019s main location on South Washington Avenue in Scranton, he said.<\/p>\n
For the North Scranton project, the center went from initially planning to do only a building shell and first floor to now completing 15,000 square feet of two operational floors and a basement with educational space and information technology infrastructure, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we were able to design and build it the way we needed to meet our organizational long-term needs,\u201d Ebersole said. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting to see how this has continued to grow, but it didn\u2019t take us off-track on the timing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The plan involved first demolishing a building at 1727-1729 N. Main Ave. to make way for a new building in that spot. The location is next to the Wright Center for Community Health North Scranton health center at 1721 N. Main Ave. that opened in July 2023. Once the new building is completed, the health center building at 1721 N. Main Ave. will be demolished to make way for parking.<\/p>\n
The project has been in the works for some time. In March, the Scranton Zoning Board approved variances regarding parking, buffers and impervious surface for the Wright Center\u2019s project. In July, the state awarded a $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant to Wright Center Medical Group, to support construction of a new medical facility providing expanded healthcare services in North Scranton.<\/p>\n
The new health center also promises to become an anchor in the North Scranton neighborhood that has broader community revitalization efforts taking root.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really going to become a pivotal piece of that redevelopment that is happening in North Scranton,\u201d Ebersole said.<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Sept. 25, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Sept. 25, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Sept. 25, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Oct. 15, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Sept. 25, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Oct. 15, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n
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The Wright Center for Community Health has construction underway on Sept. 25, 2026 of a health center in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue in North Scranton near Oak Street, to replace the existing clinic that for now remains open at that site, next door to the new construction. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n