WHO:

City of Carlsbad:                                    Mayor Claude A. “Bud” Lewis, Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce  President Ted Owen, San Diego County, Bill Horn, Supervisor, District 5

H.G. Fenton Company:                           President & CEO Mike Neal

Scripps Health:                                      President & CEO Chris Van Gorder

Scripps Medical Foundation:                    Chief Executive Larry Harrison

Scripps Coastal Medical Center                President Dr. Kevin Hirsch

WHAT:

H.G. Fenton Company and Scripps Health will join together with the City of Carlsbad and community leaders to celebrate the grand opening of Scripps Coastal Medical Center, the new home of Scripps Health’s first medical offices in Carlsbad.

WHEN:             

Monday, October 13, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Program begins at 6 p.m.

WHERE:

2176 Salk Ave., just off El Camino Real past Faraday Avenue in Carlsbad.

WHY:

To formally commemorate Scripps Coastal Medical Center, a 40,000-square-foot medical office development of H.G. Fenton Development Company that was built for Scripps, the project’s exclusive tenant. As Scripps’ first medical offices in Carlsbad, Scripps Coastal Medical Center brings state of the art medical offices, exam rooms, and laboratory and radiology services  with advanced digital equipment in a nearby, convenient location for Carlsbad residents. When it opens on Oct. 20, it will be home to eight family and internal medicine physicians and one nurse practitioner, with plans to add pediatricians later this year.

VISUALS:        

Officials from H.G. Fenton Company, Scripps, and the City of Carlsbad will provide brief remarks prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo and interview opportunities are available.