New campus will bring comprehensive medical care and wellness programs under one roof,
invigorating Batavia businesses and transforming its downtown.
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Batavia, NY (July 11, 2022) – Rochester Regional Health’s United Memorial Medical Center and
GLOW YMCA broke ground Monday on the $33.5 million dollar Healthy Living Campus, bringing
comprehensive medical care and wellness programs to downtown Batavia. The new 78,000 sq.
ft. state-of-the-art facility will offer everything from primary care and exercise studios, to
cancer screening, nutrition education services and multi-use spaces for all ages under one roof.
“The GLOW YMCA and Rochester Regional Health Healthy Living Campus is a place for children,
adults and families from all walks of life in our community to come together and improve their
lives-spirit, mind and body,” said Rob Walker, GLOW YMCA CEO. “The state-of-the-art campus
will not only be a benefit for the health of our residents, but also for the health of our local
businesses, transforming downtown Batavia.”
The Healthy Living Campus will feature 22 exam rooms and two medical procedure rooms.
UMMC providers will use that space to offer primary care and telemedicine appointments,
behavioral health and crisis intervention support, cancer prevention outreach, chronic illness
and community education services. There will also be a drop-in child care center where families
can safely leave their children while at those appointments.
The new campus, which will replace the current GLOW YMCA, will also have a new indoor pool,
group exercise studios, wellness center with the latest exercise equipment and indoor
walking/running track, teaching kitchen and adventure room play area for children. The
campus will also feature an innovative intergenerational room, where seniors, teens and
families can use the space for different activities every day. And it will have classrooms that
during the school year will run Pre-K and before & after school care programs, and camps in the
summer.
“This is not the clinic of the past,” said Dan Ireland, UMMC president. “The Healthy Living
Campus is the future of health care, where medical and wellness programs are integrated
under one roof. It’s made possible through our community partnerships, and it’s helping
patients get all the care they need and deserve in one place. Today is not a celebration of a new
building or clinic, it’s the celebration of a community coming together to reimage health and
wellness of the future and transform our downtown.”
Rochester Regional Health CEO Chip Davis said the Healthy Living Campus is just one of several
projects RRH is committed in bringing to Batavia.
“At Rochester Regional Health, we’re focusing on getting health care right for the communities
we serve. And that means delivering the right care, in the right place, at the right time, to
achieve the right health outcomes, for the right value,” said Richard “Chip” Davis, Ph. D., RRH
CEO.
The Healthy Living Campus was made possible through state and federal funds, and community
fundraisers. New York State’s economic development and health care grant programs kicked in
nearly $11.6 million for the project.
“The way we plan and develop our downtowns has a tremendous impact on public health,
inter-generational relations and overall quality of life,” said Secretary of State Robert J.
Rodriguez. “The Healthy Living Campus will improve community health and wellness while
also invigorating downtown Batavia. The Department of State’s support of $4.1 million for this
exemplary DRI anchor project sets the gold standard for healthy and age-friendly downtown
redevelopment as envisioned in the Governor’s Age-Friendly NY and Health Across All Policies
initiatives.”
Along with those state and federal funds, the Healthy Living Campus project has had the
support of more than 50 GLOW YMCA and RRH community volunteers who also helped raise
money. Paul Battaglia is a lifelong Batavia resident who took on the role as Chairman of the
YMCA Campaign Committee for the project that he says will continue to deliver needed health
care and wellness programs right in the community where he lives.
“This is a transformational project that is going to completely change the downtown area,” said
Battaglia. “It’s going to bring people downtown, create excitement and vitality that we believe
will have a significant domino effect on the local businesses there.”
Tom and Lynn Houseknecht agree. The co-chairs of the RRH Campaign Committee for the
project say the Healthy Living Campus will physically and fiscally change this Genesee County
community.
“The hospital that is part of this campaign, helps with the physical wellbeing of our residents,”
said Lynn Houseknecht. “And the fiscal wellbeing is the contribution that this hospital makes to
our community with employment and its trickle-down effect on medical offices around the
city.”
“I really think it’s a wonderful thing for the community to be able to have such good resources
right here in Batavia,” said Tom Houseknecht. “It makes it much more accessible to more
people who don’t have the time or the resources to travel elsewhere for the same type of
facilities and services.”
The new Healthy Living Campus is expected to open to the public in late 2023.
Others who made this project possible:
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY): “The new GLOW YMCA and Healthy Living
Campus is a transformational investment in the future of downtown Batavia that will provide
residents with a modern one-stop-shop for expanded healthcare and wellness. I was proud to
help secure the final federal funding needed to begin construction of this project because I
know that United Memorial Medical Center and the YMCA are prioritizing the health and
wellbeing of the community for years to come.”
Congressman Chris Jacobs (NY-27): ““I was proud to lead the effort to secure important
funding for the Healthy Living Campus in Batavia. Since taking office I have worked tirelessly to
improve our rural communities. This campus will have a transformational effect in Batavia,
bringing in valuable health and fitness resources and making the community even better place
to live. I would like to commend the YMCA and Rochester Regional Health for their vision and
commitment to this project, I look forward to seeing it completed.”