LEBANON — The city’s Planning Board unanimously approved a site plan for a proposed residential substance use treatment facility for mothers and their children to be built on Mount Support Road last week.
The Lebanon Planning Board granted its approval after about an hour of discussion and brief public comment period last Tuesday.
The facility “would mean a great deal” to patients and to health care providers who “really struggle with what to do with patients when they leave the inpatient arena and (are) really struggling with how are they going to get the care they need,” Emily Brayton, a registered nurse and Lebanon resident who worked in obstetrics for 15 years, said during the comment period.
The facility is a project of the nonprofit Families Flourish Northeast and is slated to be built on vacant land owned by Dartmouth Health. The proposed three-story, 12-bed treatment center would be the third of its kind in New Hampshire.
With Planning Board approval, Families Flourish has to meet several conditions before starting construction, such as correcting small errors in the proposed plans, and acquiring building and excavation permits.
The construction is expected to cost $8 million and the nonprofit has secured $4 million so far, with another $3 million pending.
Families Flourish hopes to open the doors by the end of 2026, Board Chairwoman Courtney Tanner told the Valley News ahead of the meeting.