Morris F. DeCastro Clinic in St. John
The V.I. Department of Health has announced a townhall meeting to provide the community with an update on the redesign and rebuild of the Morris F. DeCastro Clinic. The townhall is scheduled for Thursday, August 1, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the St. John Annex in Cruz Bay.
The meeting will feature presentations from DOH and Springline Architects Inc., the firm hired to design the new DeCastro Clinic. The event aims to engage residents, share the progress of the clinic’s redevelopment, and gather community feedback, according to DOH.
"We have been working towards securing the funding and permits necessary to rebuild the Morris DeCastro Clinic and collaborating with the architect to ensure that the new facility aligns as closely as possible with the needs of the St. John community and that, aesthetically, it fits within the existing townscape of Cruz Bay," said Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion. "We are now in a good position to update the St. John community on our progress."
For those unable to attend in person, the townhall will be streamed live on the VI Department of Health’s Facebook page at https://www.Facebook.com/virginislandsDOH, and residents are encouraged to post questions in the chat section. The townhall will also air live on the Government Access Channel 27.
“We envision the townhall as a conversation and we invite residents to share their thoughts and ideas, and to give us their feedback on our plans,” Ms. Encarnacion added.
The St. John Townhall is part of the department’s Conversations with Community series, which aims to engage and inform residents about ongoing disaster recovery projects.
For more information about the VI Department of Health recovery projects, visit https://www.doh.vi.gov.
