North Bay Business Journal

Santa Rosa Community Health Centers new site to serve homeless

SANTA ROSA — The Santa Rosa Community Health Centers last week celebrated the opening of the Brookwood Health Center, its newest location that will provide primary care and mental health services for mostly homeless and uninsured and underinsured residents.

Top Real Estate Projects of 2011: Recognition of remarkable projects important in difficult economy

Welcome to the Business Journal’s sixth annual Top Projects competition recognizing 11 exceptional contributions to the North Bay’s built environment. Read about what makes each remarkable in 2011.

Petaluma Health Center: A welcoming new place for doctor and patient

PETALUMA — When the Petaluma Health Center opened the doors to its brand new, 52,000-square-foot location this June, an immediate impact was felt by both staff and patients working in and getting treatment at the federally qualified health center.

North Bay groups among recipients of Kaiser grants

As part of an investment of more than $5.1 million by Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Community Benefit, four local organizations received funding to increase access to chronic disease management, enhance health screenings, and improve prevention of heart disease and stroke.

New health center facilities open in Petaluma, Forestville

SONOMA COUNTY — Two of Sonoma County’s federally qualified health centers celebrated grand openings this month. Another announced the award of federal funds to expand services, while a broader coalition of such centers held a conference highlighting the services they provide, even amid the threat of diminishing public funds.

Petaluma to open doors of $15.5 million health center

PETALUMA – Southern Sonoma County’s largest health center, and the second biggest provider of primary care, will soon open the doors of its new, $15.5 million home that will significantly expand services and increase capacity for underserved and uninsured populations, officials said.

Petaluma Health Care District takes first step to sell, lease Southpoint property

PETALUMA — The Petaluma Health Care District board at its most recent meeting declared the current site of the Petaluma Health Center at 1301 Southpoint Blvd. a surplus asset, the first formal step in selling the building or leasing the space.

$15.5 million Petaluma clinic set for June start

PETALUMA – The Petaluma Health Center’s expansion into a 53,000-square-foot building will both double the size of the current location and will recycle nearly 90 percent of demolished materials during construction.

Facilities around North Bay expanding to serve thousands more

SANTA ROSA — The Vista Family Health Center, the newest member of the Santa Rosa Community Health Centers family of health centers, opened on Nov. 8 and started seeing patients two days later. … NAPA COUNTY — Community Health Clinic Ole is putting finishing touches on a trio of new clinics that will open in 2011 between January and March. … SEBASTOPOL — Starting with a relatively small suite with only 2,500 square feet of space at 6800 Palm Ave. in a local medical office complex, the Sebastopol Community Health Center has quadrupled in size as demand for its services has grown. … PETALUMA — The new Petaluma Health Center located at 1179 North McDowell Blvd. is scheduled to open in May with facilities to serve about 30,000 patients. … MARIN COUNTY — Responding to a tidal wave of unserved county residents who need medical and dental services in the wake of the down economy over the past two and a half years, Marin Community Health Centers has expanded its ability to serve patients by opening three new facilities in the past two years.

Fast Growing Companies in 2010

Three of Sonoma County’s newest tech companies — Raydiance, Enphase Energy and Métier — have widely diverse products: ultra-short pulse lasers, microinverters for the solar industry and project portfolio management software.

BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, the Buck Institute for Age Research and TriVascular are expanding research, products and staff.

Nearly every sector within health care in the North Bay is undergoing rapid expansion, reflecting a nationwide trend that shows little sign of a respite. This is just a sampling of the quickly growing health care companies and providers across the North Bay, from corporate giants to rural clinics.

La Tavola, ProSight, Central Payment add space, markets; Frank-Lin, Kiewit to move to the North Bay: From linen rentals to financial transaction processing to insurance underwriting to alcoholic beverage production to heavy construction, several companies in various industries have relocated or expanded in the North Bay this year.

Hospitals, health centers planning new facilities, expansions

Nearly every sector within health care in the North Bay is undergoing rapid expansion, reflecting a nationwide trend that shows little sign of a respite. Hospitals are expanding or being rebuilt entirely. Outpatient facilities continue to crop up as a broader patient base is sought by some providers. Physicians groups are racing to recruit more doctors to their ranks to ensure purchasing power while maintaining a competitive advantage. And federally qualified health centers, with a significant increase in federal funding and a clearer role in light of health care reform, are consistently doubling in size in an effort to treat an influx of patients. The following is just a sampling of the quickly growing health care companies and providers across the North Bay, from corporate giants to rural clinics.

Health Care: Petaluma Health Center breaks ground on $15.5 million facility

The Petaluma Health Center last week broke ground on an expansion that will double its patient volume and significantly increase services offered at the federally qualified health center.

Contractors have seen the best and the worst in a battered industry

The 2010 Spotlight on Leaders in Contracting on pages 6 to 13 illuminates how top general and specialty contractors have remained on top as a number of sectors of the construction industry have contracted significantly in the past four years.

Petaluma Health Center buys $5.85 million building for new clinic

PETALUMA — Six months after Petaluma Health Center landed $8.9 million in federal economic-stimulus money to outfit a nearby office building as a much larger clinic, the health center secured $5.85 million in state bonding and a private grant to buy that building.

$10 million sought for health clinics

NORTH BAY — Two North Bay members of Congress are seeking nearly $10 million in funding earmarks for the region’s community health centers across the region.

Spotlight: Health Care Leaders

Listed alphabetically in Sonoma and Marin counties and Napa County

$8.9 million federal stimulus grant will help cramped Petaluma clinic expand

PETALUMA — The Petaluma Health Center received an early Christmas present from the federal government in the form of an $8.9 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act facility improvement grant, which, along with $500,000 in other federal appropriations, is earmarked to refurbish an existing building located at 1179 North McDowell Blvd.

Health center gets $9M

PETALUMA – The Petaluma Health Center was awarded $8.9 million in federal stimulus funds to renovate its facilty and open a larger health center.

Health Care: House approves $700,000 for clinic, cancer study; goes to Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives, with leadership from local Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, approved about $700,000 for local health care organizations in Marin and Sonoma counties.