Spring is just around the corner!
The change in season also marks the start of the festival frenzy in Atlanta. Festival on Ponce will kick off the season, held on April 2 and 3 at Olmsted Linear Park. The two-day event includes 125-plus artist booths, live music and food trucks. Outside the city, Macon is holding its International Cherry Blossom Festival until March 26, and Sandy Springs is hosting Artsapalooza on April 8 and 9.
On to other local news:
Grady’s new Correll Pavilion. (Photo courtesy of the Grady Health System.)
Grady debuts new outpatient facility — the Correll Pavilion
Earlier this week, the Grady Health System celebrated the opening of Correll Pavilion, its new outpatient facility. Marking Grady’s largest investment in 30 years, the facility will allow the team to serve more patients at its main campus, with 45 percent more clinical capacity and 25 percent more space in operating rooms.
The 10-story, 600,000-square-foot facility sits adjacent to Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta and houses several services like outpatient surgery, imaging, rehabilitation and three pharmacies. The new space also includes specialty clinics like ophthalmology, GI, ENT, oral surgery orthopedics and a cancer center.
“The opening of Correll Pavilion ushers in a new era of healthcare for Grady Health System and the entire city of Atlanta,” Grady President and CEO John Haupert wrote in a release. “During a time when other health systems are closing their doors, this state-of-the-art facility symbolizes Grady’s unwavering commitment to improving the health of our community by continuing to invest in the people we are privileged to serve.”
The Correll Pavilion was named in honor of A.D. “Pete” Correll, chairman emeritus of Georgia-Pacific and former chair of both the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation and Grady Health Foundation boards of directors, who passed away two years ago. He spearheaded the effort to raise $96 million in…
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