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Former Garland City Council Member, District 8

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Healthcare, Part 3

January 30, 2022February 2, 2022 rjsmith

Part 1: https://www.robertjsmithtx.com/index.php/2019/03/07/healthcare-a-new-beginning/ Part 2: https://www.robertjsmithtx.com/index.php/2019/11/14/va-hospital-update/ When I sit down to write about healthcare in Garland, it never ends up being a short blog entry. The reason is that there are so many pieces to the puzzle that it is Read More …

Healthcare, Veterans Affairs

VA Signs Deal to Acquire Former BS&W Garland Facility

April 3, 2020 rjsmith

Today, the Veteran’s Administration acquired the old Baylor Garland site that was closed in early 2018. This marks the end of three long years of effort by multiple levels of government to preserve and re-use the $400M+ facility. My thanks Read More …

Healthcare, Veterans Affairs

Veterans Services

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 rjsmith

  One of the issues that I ran on in 2017 was improving veteran’s services in Garland. I’m proud to say that over the past 3-4 years, Garland is taking meaningful steps to serve the men and women that have Read More …

Council, Election 2017, Healthcare, Veterans Affairs

VA Hospital Update

November 14, 2019January 31, 2020 rjsmith

Congressman Allred (CD 32) recently announced that the Baylor/VA deal is in its final phase. He will make a formal announcement once the deal has been completed. When will it open? The final purchase agreement is scheduled to close on Read More …

Healthcare, Local Business

Healthcare – A New Beginning

March 7, 2019March 21, 2019 rjsmith

(Due to demand, here’s a downloadable PDF version of this article) 24 months ago, during the spring of 2017 we heard the news that Baylor Garland was looking to sell but would stick around until they had a new owner. Read More …

Council, Healthcare, Local Business, Planning and Zoning

Baylor Closing

February 21, 2018March 8, 2019 rjsmith

As of 23:59 on February 28, 2018, after decades of serving Garland, Baylor hospital will close its doors. A representative of Baylor recently shared an update with the city council. That meeting is available here: http://garlandtx.swagit.com/play/02202018-1086 ITEM 3A City Council Read More …

Council, Healthcare, Local Business

Baylor Hospital

December 16, 2017March 8, 2019 rjsmith

In 1981, your future councilman was born at Garland Memorial Hospital, later to be renamed Baylor Garland. The hospital has served my family through births, strokes, joint replacements, stints and bypasses, and has been there for us at the end Read More …

Healthcare, Local Business, Planning and Zoning

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