Vermont officials celebrate new medical building

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Construction has started on a new medical center building in the Vermont city of Rutland.

The Rutland Herald reports that Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter Welch and Republican Gov. Phil Scott attended a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the new Thomas W. Huebner Medical Office Building on the Rutland Regional Medical Center campus.

The building is named for the recently retired president and CEO of the medical center.

Officials say the 37,000-square-foot two story building will cost nearly $24 million.

It will house the ears, nose and throat practice and audiology clinic, the Vermont Orthopedic Clinic and medical staff for physical medicine and rehabilitation.

The building is expected to be finished by June 2020.

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Information from: Rutland Herald, http://www.rutlandherald.com/