{"id":784,"date":"2008-06-12T10:24:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=784"},"modified":"2010-05-14T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:27:27","slug":"cooper-receives-new-jersey-smart-growth-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2008\/06\/cooper-receives-new-jersey-smart-growth-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Receives New Jersey Smart Growth Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cooper University Hospital is proud to announce that it has been selected to receive a 2008 Smart Growth Award from New Jersey Future. This award recognizes the positive impact that Cooper\u2019s expansion and vision plan has made on Camden\u2019s revitalization effort.<\/p>\n

Five years ago, the City of Camden was in a spiral of deterioration that few thought could be reversed. To jump-start the city\u2019s revitalization, six of Camden\u2019s institutions of higher education and health care anchors developed a plan for expansion and investment. Today, that plan has surpassed all expectations and Cooper has taken the lead in developing a strategic plan that not only includes its own new $222 million patient care pavilion but also the development of a comprehensive $500 million Health Sciences Campus.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur Vision Area is comprised of nearly 30 square blocks in Camden City,\u201d said George E. Norcross, III, Chairman of the Cooper Board of Trustees. \u201cThis immense revitalization effort combines the efforts of Cooper University Hospital, city, county and state agencies, neighborhood partnerships, foundations and non-profit and private sector developers. What is happening in downtown Camden today is nothing short of phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The development of the Health Sciences campus will include:<\/p>\n