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Our home away from home




To the Editor, 
It seems like just yesterday we were gathering in Hot Springs to break ground for our new Veterans’ home.    
All of the contractors and our staff have been working diligently to ensure the facility would be ready to open in early 2016. Thankfully, we have had a great team executing this project and I am pleased to announce that we are three months ahead of schedule! Yes, that’s right – ahead of schedule!
If all goes as planned, we will get the keys to the new facility on or about the first of November and anticipate moving our heroes into their new home the middle of November.      
Our new Veterans’ Home is 133,000 square foot stacked two-story building with 52 skilled and 48 non-skilled beds. The town square will be the heart of social activity within the eight neighborhoods.  As the home’s Main Avenue, residents will gather there for social interaction with each other as well as visit the barber /beauty shop, post office, pharmacy, chapel, or to have a sandwich at the Bistro.  
This new home is designed to support the natural patterns of home life. Residents have access to home living spaces such as a kitchen, dining room and living room.
Veterans, female and male, love living at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans’ Home.  Just visit sometime and you’ll know what I mean.  From the moment you walk through the doors, you know you are in a place that truly honors service. Most are in their 80s and 90s and served their time in World War II, Korea or Vietnam.
We plan to have an open house and showcase our new home in early spring of 2016. We want our heroes to get settled in and adjusted to their new neighborhood culture prior to inviting our guests in.   
Let us never forget the humble men and women who understand the call of duty, the meaning of honor and values of this nation. They did not serve for glory or fame. They served to preserve our way of life. 

Larry Zimmerman, Secretary
South Dakota Department
 of Veterans Affairs
Hot Springs 



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