Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office Celebrates Open House April 19
Friday, April 15, 2011 | 12:50pm
Facility Constructed To Earn LEED Certification
NASHVILLE, Tenn. − Join Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, General Services Commissioner Steven Cates and regional representatives of the Tennessee Department of Health for the open house and celebration of the state’s new Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office in Cookeville, Tenn. The public is invited to participate.
The new 50,000+ square-foot facility, which provides space for the Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office staff, a regional training center and clinic, was designed and constructed to earn LEED platinum certification from the United States Green Building Council. LEED is a system for verifying that a building was designed and constructed using environmentally-friendly strategies to improve energy savings, water usage, indoor environmental quality and use of resources. The application for certification has been submitted and the state is awaiting approval.
Some of the energy-efficient building’s features include recycled and sustainable materials like countertops made from recycled windshield glass, floors made with fly ash, cork wall coverings, and furniture and decorative panels made from recycled plastic.
The Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office is responsible for leadership and management of 14 county health departments: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White. Examples of services offered include immunizations, well child/EPSDT screenings, WIC and nutrition, children’s special services, breast and cervical cancer screening, family planning, HIV counseling and testing, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, tuberculosis testing and treatment and communicable disease control.
Who: Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN
General Services Commissioner Steven Cates
Regional & Local Health Director Rick Long
Upper Cumberland Regional Health Director Debbie Johnson
Cookeville Mayor Matt Swallows
State and other local government officials
What: Open house and tour of new Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office
When: Tuesday, April 19, at 1 p.m.
Where: 1100 England Drive
Cookeville, Tenn.