After nearly 50 years of service, the oldest building on the David Lawrence Centers’ Golden Gate campus is being torn down to make way for a new, state-of-the-art behavioral health facility.
Crews began demolition this week on Building A, which DLC leaders say has long outlived its usefulness. The site will soon house the Diermeier Access and Integrated Care Center — a 15,000 square foot walk-in facility aimed at expanding access to mental health and addiction treatment across Collier County.
WATCH AS DLC LEADERS DEMOLISH THE OLD BUILDING:
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“Right now across Collier County, families are struggling under the weight of the worst mental health crisis we’ve ever seen in our history,” said Scott Burgess, CEO of David Lawrence Centers. “It’s not an isolated problem — it touches every corner of our community.”…