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Gilbert mental hospital bows to angry parents, will relocate

From left, Vice Mayor Ben Cooper, Mayor John Lewis and Councilmember Jarey Taylor listen to opposition to plans for a behavioral health center that would be located adjacent to Pioneer Elementary School / Aaron Lavinsky:The Republic
From left, Vice Mayor Ben Cooper, Mayor John Lewis and Councilmember Jarey Taylor listen to opposition to plans for a behavioral health center that would be located adjacent to Pioneer Elementary School / Aaron Lavinsky:The Republic

By Parker Leavitt | The Arizona Republic

A developer’s controversial plan to build a mental-health hospital next to an elementary school in Gilbert is on hold after staunch opposition from parents led the company on Thursday to announce its intention to seek a different location.

Springstone, a Kentucky-based hospital operator, had hoped to open Gilbert’s first behavioral-health institution by fall 2014, but concerned neighbors and parents from Pioneer Elementary School mobilized against the company.

Gilbert’s economic development team will work with Springstone to find a new potential site for the hospital, which was to have 72 beds and cost about $14 million.

About 40 parents were meeting with the school principal on Thursday when the announcement came via phone call, prompting a collective cheer and some tears among the group.

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