VANEOHS to break ground on new Ravenna VA Clinic

The new 16,000-square-foot facility will provide space for expanded podiatry and optometry services, including an optical shop for eyeglass fitting and dispensing. Other services will include primary care, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, social work and mental health services.

"We are excited to see the expansion of our veteran healthcare services in the Ravenna area, available to serve the nearly 5,000 patients and 9,000 veterans in the area," said Jill Dietrich Mellon, executive director of VANEOHS. "We are proud that Portage County veterans will enjoy world-class care in an almost 50 percent larger, modern facility, and that we will be able to offer additional services like podiatry and optometry that previously may have necessitated an hour-long drive to the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center."

The transition from the current Ravenna VA Clinic at 6751 N. Chestnut St. to the new clinic is expected by early 2027.

The new facility will implement the Patient Aligned Care Team design, with architectural features to foster a collaborative approach to patient care using national VA design concepts.

Ravenna Groundbreaking Details 

What:                  Groundbreaking for the new Ravenna VA Clinic

When:                10 a.m., April 15, 2025

Where:                Loomis Parkway, Ravenna, Ohio, east of Parkway Medical Center

Speakers:          Jill Dietrich Mellon, executive director, VANEOHS;

                              Dr. Paul Fantauzzo, medical director, Ravenna VA Outpatient Clinic; 

                              Martin Posthauer, president of construction, Engineering Design Technologies

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