Hospitals Benefits for the Community

One of the most exciting things about the future Hospital here in Round Lake is the big bang it will give us economically. While the hospital itself will not generate significant sales tax or property value what it will do is energize the surrounding area in a variety of ways.

• Jobs-- High quality, white and blue collar jobs, inside the hospital, along with jobs outside the hospital. For every one job in the hospital, there are two jobs generated outside the hospital. Estimates put the amount of hospital employees at between 1,000 and 1,500, which means the project will add between to 3,000 to 4,500 jobs to the Round Lake Area economy.
  
• High Quality Accessible Health Care-- No more 30-35 minute drives to a hospital award winning health care is 3-5 minutes away.
  

The American Hospital Association has an excellent 8 page brochure where I got most of these facts, here is the link to the PDF. (econ_contr_of_hospitals.pdf)