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Foundations being dug at new Hulett clinic

As work proper begins on the new Hulett Clinic, officials are looking to gather as many contributions to its cost as possible. Connie Lindmier of the Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trustees last week encouraged members of the community to consider donating.

The contract to build the new clinic was awarded in September to RCS of Rapid City for a total of $2.54 million. This, said Judy Hutchinson of the Crook County Hospital Foundation, was “less than what we had planned on in our original estimates”.

RCS has now begun work, said Lindmier at last week’s meeting of the board of trustees as she relayed a monthly report from the foundation. Last week, she said, the contractors cleaned some of the snow from the site and began digging the foundations.

Lindmier commented that she believes the new clinic will be important to the economic future of the county, as she believes people who are interested in moving to the area will be keen to hear of its presence.

She also noted that contributions to the overall cost of the clinic are important at this time, and that the foundation is also looking for grant opportunities. The less the foundation needs to rely on loans to pay the bills as construction continues, Lindmier said, the better the financial situation in the long term.