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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Loudoun Community Health Center – renamed HealthWorks
for Northern Virginia – Opened Doors of New Leesburg
Location on October 23, 2012
Leesburg, VA (October 25, 2012) – The
Loudoun Community Health Center opened
the doors of its new Leesburg building and
began providing expanded health care
services on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. In
addition, the health center began doing
business under a new name – HealthWorks
for Northern Virginia.
The new building, located at 163 Fort Evans
Road NE in Leesburg, was completed using an $8.7 million federal grant awarded in 2010. The
funding enabled the health center to expand not only space but also the services it provides.
The new 27,000-sq-ft building houses a seven-chair dental suite, a pharmacy, mental health
counseling rooms, 18 exam rooms, community meeting rooms and more.
With a second federal grant awarded as part of the Health Care Reform Act, the health center
opened a new site in Herndon on October 2nd, merging with the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic. The
health center also runs the Health Center for Children and Families in Sterling, a clinic primarily
dedicated to caring for children.
“Now with three sites and the merge with the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, our board wanted to
bring this wonderful network of health care for those in need under one umbrella. We decided
that doing business under one name would accomplish this,” said Debra Dever, CEO of
HealthWorks.
Opened in 2007 using donated space at the Cornwall Campus of Inova Loudoun Hospital,
HealthWorks has provided care to more than 12,000 patients, most of whom are low-income,
uninsured residents of Loudoun County.
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Patients are seen regardless of age or ability to pay, whether or not they have insurance.
HealthWorks’ hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm, and Saturdays, 8:00am to
noon. For more information, visit their new website at www.hwnova.org.
Contact:
Debra Dever, CEO
HealthWorks for Northern Virginia
ddever@hwnova.org
703-443-2000
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