Canyon Ridge Care Center Update

Plans for long term nursing care facility in Valentine continue with a nonprofit group known as Canyon Ridge Care Center who announced the project to the community in early October. Group board members Peg Snell and Mark Haage were guests on the KVSH Comment program to discuss the groups progress. The board has been busy working their way through regulatory and legislative planning. When Pineview Good Samaritan Facility was closed by Sandford in 2021, they were licensed for 58 beds. Canyon Ridge Care Facility currently has a letter of intent to purchase Cherry Hills Estates assisted living for a $5 million price tag within the next 14 months or so.

 After the purchase, the design is to add 36 to 38 beds for skilled and long term care facilities which a feasibility study supported. The proposed timeline is to begin new construction in the Spring of 2029. Total cost of the endeavor will be about $20 million which will be raised through private donations and foundation grants.

The group has a new website for information at canyonridgecarecenter.org.