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Page 14— Wednesday, November 17, 2021, The True Citizen
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Residents driving down
Fourth Street the past couple
of months may have noticed
construction taking place at
Dr. Lamar Murray’s former
office. The real estate, owned
by Burke Medical Center, has
been under renovation and is
to be leased to a cardiology
practice.
Burke Medical Center’s
vision is to provide space for
physicians to offer specialized
care locally.
The space is now home to
Burke Center for Cardiovas
cular Health, serviced by Dr.
Abraham Lin of Statesboro
Cardiology & Dr. Deepak Ka
poor from Augusta University
Health.
Photography of the town dis
played in the lobby provides a
welcoming atmosphere. Exam
rooms have been upgraded.
Modern medical equipment
has been installed.
The hospital’s focus is a
patient-first experience; there
fore, by providing clinics for
specialists to see Burke County
patients, the hospital is making
healthcare more accessible
and more convenient without
compromising the quality of
healthcare that patients expect,
according to the facility’s new
marketing director, Lacey
Zorn.
The clinic is now open and
accepting patients several days
a week. For more information
or to schedule an appointment
at the Fourth Street location,
call (706) 437-2690.
425 Highway 25 South - Millen, Georgia 30442
Task Force moves forward
with soup kitchen plan
SHELLIE SMITLEY
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The Sisters Offering Ser
vice, in collaboration with the
city’s Homeless Task Force,
asked to be on the agenda at
the Waynesboro City Council
council meeting Monday.
“What we look for tonight
is just to plant seed as we look
to get the soup kitchen opera
tional,” Lea Gerlach said. “We
do intend to apply for grant
funding, to seek funding from
both the city and the county
eventually, and to reach out to
the business community and
other individuals as well.”
The Homeless Task Force
commissioned by Mayor Greg
Carswell in 2019 has now in
corporated into an individual
entity. An application for 501
(c) (3) nonproht status is pend
ing. The city possesses the keys
to a building donated by the
Bennett family and intends to
use it to service Waynesboro’s
homeless population. Tentative
estimates project renovation
costs ranging from $150,000 to
$400,000, Gerlach said.
“The city owns the property
but we are assuming that rais
ing the funds and completing
the renovations may be up to
us,” she said. “We just want
you to know that we are really
a grassroots team, most of us
don’t have any experience
working on a project of this
scale. So, we are really look
ing for guidance on our next
moves.”
Several members of the
task force met with Georgia
Power representative Suzanne
Sharkey to see what projects
might fall under grant funding
programs.
“Especially the part of the
project related to electrical
power and kitchen appliances,”
Gerlach said.
Councilman Bill Tinley sug
gested that area organizations
should work together to tackle
the issue of feeding the city’s
homeless population. In re
sponse, Gerlach pointed out
that SOS is the only entity that
has moved to “take charge” of
the situation.
“According to the State of
Georgia, there are no home
less in Waynesboro,” she said.
“There are no homeless people
in Burke County because no
one has ever counted them. We
are certainly open to working
with other organizations but we
feel like we have been called
upon to give a voice to people
who are unseen, nobody else is
doing that.”
Gerlach said the women con
tinue to feed approximately 70
people a week. Of those they
feed, she estimates that 30-50
of them are either homeless
or in jeopardy of becoming
homeless.
Council woman Vickey Bates
pledged the panel’s assistance.
“We are going to help as
much as we can,” she said. “We
can’t throw you under the bus
now, any of one of us could
become homeless.”
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