From the Ground Up: Youth Resiliency Campus at Burrell Behavioral Health

Owner: Brightli Inc.
General contractor: Storee Construction Co.
Architects: Hood-Rich Inc., project; and frankZdesign LLC, landscape
Engineers: Own Inc., civil; Mettemeyer Engineering LLC, structural; Interpres Building Solutions LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 27,500 square feet
Cost: $14 million
Funding sources: Greene County American Rescue Plan Act allocation, Missouri Department of Mental Health, Missouri state budget allocation and Burrell Behavioral Health
Estimated completion: December
Description: Burrell Behavioral Health’s Youth Resiliency Campus is now coming to fruition in north Springfield, just south of Interstate 44. The facility will offer 24-hour stabilization for people ages 13-17 who are experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis. The 7-acre campus will include a 27,500-square-foot center offering clinical and community-based outpatient services, an intensive outpatient program with partial hospitalization, and a 16-bed youth residential treatment center, according to project officials. Some amenities in the works are an indoor gymnasium, a dining space, a covered patio, walking trails and a recreation court. At the September 2023 groundbreaking, Burrell President and CEO C.J. Davis said the campus will be unique in the state and possibly in the country.