We’re Making Progress!
$2.5 million raised toward our $5 million goal Includes individual gifts, pledges, and capital grants.
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Update on Our New Facility
Planning for our new Community Health Center in Christiansburg continues to move forward, and we are pleased to have reached several important milestones in recent months. The building design is finalized, our architectural and engineering team has completed the construction documents, and following a competitive bidding process that began in May, we have selected our construction firm. We are now preparing for construction to begin in 2027, with the exact start date dependent upon the construction firm’s availability.
As with many projects of this size and complexity, we have encountered some unexpected challenges along the way. Most significantly, resolving stormwater runoff regulations required multiple rounds of plan revisions, adding both time and cost to the project. We are also carefully monitoring changes in federal Medicaid policy and considering how they may affect our financial position in 2027. While these realities require thoughtful planning and prudent stewardship of our resources, they have not changed our commitment to this project or to the community it will serve.
In fact, the need for this new facility becomes more evident every day. Our crowded reception areas and growing waiting lists are constant reminders that too many people in our community are waiting for the care they need. This new Community Health Center will give us the space to serve more patients, expand access to care, and provide a welcoming and dignified home for Health, Healing and Hope for generations to come. We remain deeply grateful to the friends and donors whose generosity and belief in this vision are helping make it possible.
Many Thanks to Our Recent “Raise the Roof” Donors
- The Lunchpail Defense Foundation
- The Cabell Foundation
- The Hearst Foundations
- The Titmus Foundation
- The McGlothlin Foundation
Would you like to learn more about our planned facility and donor opportunities? Contact Michelle Brauns, Chief Executive Officer, at mbrauns@chcnrv.org or 540-381-0820 x506.
Our Capital Campaign to Raise the Roof
We are thrilled to share that we have now raised $2.5 million toward our $5 million Capital Campaign goal—an extraordinary milestone made possible by the generosity and belief of donors who understand how transformative this new Community Health Center will be for our region. We are deeply grateful to those who have already invested in this vision. Their early support has built a strong foundation for the campaign and brings us an important step closer to creating the larger, modern facility our patients and community so urgently need.
We are now excited to enter the public phase of our Capital Campaign, when we will begin sharing our story more broadly throughout the New River Valley. In the months ahead, you can expect to see increased media coverage and community conversations about the growing need for accessible medical, dental, behavioral health, and other essential services—and the difference this new facility will make. Our hope is that people from every walk of life will see themselves in this project and recognize the many ways a strong Community Health Center benefits all of us. This is more than a new building; it is an investment in the health and well-being of the New River Valley for generations to come.
Donations may also be mailed to:
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley
Attention: Michelle Brauns, CEO
215 Roanoke Street
Christiansburg, VA 24073
Memo: Capital Campaign Donation
To learn more or arrange a meeting, contact CEO Michelle Brauns at mbrauns@chcnrv.org or 540-381-0820 x506.