Petition opposing new mental health hospital on Moccasin Bend has more than 1,000 signatures

January 2, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

by Ben Benton

Staff Photo by Ricky Young / The site of the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute is seen from Point Park in November. Officials plan to rebuild the main campus of the facility, foreground, at the location of the Winston Building, located in a smaller clearing in the trees, at left.
Staff Photo by Ricky Young / The site of the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute is seen from Point Park in November. Officials plan to rebuild the main campus of the facility, foreground, at the location of the Winston Building, located in a smaller clearing in the trees, at left.


The $260 million replacement mental health facility project on Moccasin Bend has at least 1,000 opponents who have signed a petition that contends construction of the facility would irreparably damage the history-rich site for generations.

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