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There is a significant amount of developable land available for purchase in and around <br />h side Hillsborough. The availability <br />challenge development land in <br />efforts i n�the Cornelius Street area district <br />ince this <br />downtown areas may pose p <br />area has historically been less desirable to private sector development. The Water <br />conomr <br />Development District located to the east of the study area, on US 70, may also provide options for <br />developers interested in commercial and office development. <br />Health Services Asset Map towards <br />understanding Hillsborough's all <br />health services sector, a map tofgts health asset was analysis step <br />u support providers. This analysis identified <br />on an inventory that found 81 health care service and supp P <br />psychiatry and psychology. A number of health <br />that Hillsborough's health care assets are most concentrated in the areas of dentistry, family an <br />general practice, senior <br />and/or nursing care, and psy Y private <br />care providers within the Cornelius Street area were also identified, including Kerr Drug, p' <br />gY p count health and <br />doctor's offices, and the Cornelius <br />Rest Home. Unique assets in Hillsborough include Durham Tec s <br />Health Technologies programs, a number of medical tech <br />corn arues, Y <br />social service offices, and a number of home health care service pr vider co Through all ation on <br />with Brian Toomey, CEO of Piedmont Health Services, the project <br />two models for health service provision. <br />Community Health Centers <br />Community health center's are federally funded health care providers with a mandate to provide <br />comprehensive medical, dental support <br />a cr'tical�vay of ex populations. <br />tending health care services and <br />Community health centers are judg ed to <br />Medicare and Medicaid coverage to uninsured populations. Meatieutssof community health care <br />citizens and women are disproportionately represented as p <br />centers, as are the uninsured. <br />Progranv ofAll Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) <br />Piedmont Health Services also operates a senior <br />E). PACE center, <br />s a nationally- ecog li ed ni model del of care for <br />of All - Inclusive care for the Elderly (PACE). <br />individuals deemed eligible for nursing care but able to live independently with PACE services- <br />individuals <br />day care b }enter 1-5 cam d team e k medical, Tansportat ion is i sp provided, so that seniors are nable to <br />the <br />remain within their community as they age. <br />Workforce Development Potential <br />One advantage of a focus on health care services as an anchoring use for Cornelius Street is the <br />V <br />