Two firms seek to build care facility
HIGH POINT — Two companies are bidding to start a six-bed intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded in Guilford County.
They are:
* VOCA Corp. North Carolina, which is doing business as Community Alternatives-North Carolina. It is proposing a $516,000 facility at 2309 Hemlock Drive in High Point.
* Residential Healthcare Affiliates of North Carolina MR is proposing a $650,000 facility at 1607 Bridges Drive in High Point.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services will hold a public hearing for these projects at 1 p.m. Dec. 16. The hearing will be in Room 152 of the Continuing Education Center at GTCC's Greensboro Campus on East Wendover Avenue.
Anyone can send written comments about these proposals to:
Certificate of Need Section
Division of Health Service Regulation
2704 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-2704
The comments deadline is Dec. 1.
