Preliminary groundwork approved for new hospital

Plans are moving forward for completion of the new Sidney Regional Medical Center facility.

The new facility will be located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Greenwood Road and Virginia Lane. The hospital requested a re-zoning of the area from a mixture of agriculture and heavy commercial to central business district zoning.

Last week the planning commission held a public hearing last week concerning both re-zoning of the area where the facility will be built and a preliminary plat.

Jason Petik CEO of SRMC spoke with the planning commission.

He explained that the hospital w...