This EDA amended investment funds the construction of the southeast kansas impact center for wellness, education, and business

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $2.2 million Project Grant to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC) on September 2, 2022 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The funding will support construction of the 10,000 square foot Southeast Kansas IMPACT Center for Wellness, Education, and Business in Chanute, Kansas. The IMPACT Center will provide 4,800 square feet of telehealth, seminar and conference space with computer technology and dedicated rooms for telehealth specialty clinics. This will help meet the rapidly growing telehealth needs of NMRMC and address impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic by providing workforce training in the region. The EAA program assists regions experiencing adverse economic changes, consistent with the goals of this project.

The neosho memorial regional medical center (NMRMC) is developing the impact center, a 10,000 square feet multi-use business, workforce and healthcare facility to provide workforce training and respond to the impacts from the coronavirus pandemic in chanute, kansas. The impact center will provide 4,800 square feet of telehealth, seminar and conference space featuring computer technology and two dedicated rooms for telehealth specialty clinics, helping to meet the hospital's rapidly growing telehealth provider needs including those related to covid-19.