Open For Business: Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Springfield East Republic Road

Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Springfield East Republic Road
Mercy Springfield Communities held a March 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch its newest Queen City primary care clinic. The 3,626-square-foot clinic at 1730 E. Republic Road, Ste. X, is in the Southgate Shopping Center. Mercy spokesperson Ettie Berneking declined to disclose startup costs or lease terms for the new facility, dubbed Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Springfield East Republic Road. It fills space formerly occupied by Lloyds Dry Cleaners LLC, which shuttered, according to the company’s Facebook page. Berneking said Jim Lawrence serves as clinic manager for the six-employee location. The clinic provides walk-in hours for new and established patients with services including routine exams, school and sports physicals, pediatric care, Medicare annual wellness visits, diabetes management, vaccinations and adult psychiatric care and medication management.
Phone: 417-520-8620
Web: Mercy.net

Citizens Memorial Hospital
With the medical-surgical unit moving April 26 into the new tower at Citizens Memorial Hospital, the addition to the south side of the Bolivar facility at 1500 N. Oakland Ave. is now fully open for patients. The patient tower is part of a $100 million expansion and renovation project that started in 2023. The three-story, roughly 117,000-square-foot expansion to the hospital doubles the size of the facility, which opened in 1982. Patient care areas that moved to the new tower include an expanded emergency department along with intensive care and birthing units with private rooms for patients. Additional features include a new hospital main entrance, kitchen, cafeteria and dining area, coffee shop and expanded gift shop, according to CMH officials. Michael Calhoun, CEO and executive director of the health care system and the Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation, said renovations in 25,000 square feet of the existing hospital are the second and final phase of the project. Work is expected to wrap up by the end of this year.
Phone: 417-326-6000
Web: CitizensMemorial.com

Blevins Asphalt Construction Co.
Blevins Asphalt Construction Co. Inc. began moving Feb. 10 to a new 16,000-square-foot maintenance facility in Mount Vernon, said Angel Shaw, the company’s vice president of finance. The opening of the facility, which replaces an older one and will speed up repair times, Shaw said, created two new jobs and increases Blevins Asphalt’s employee count to 85. The $2.8 million project includes 12 bays, a crane system, a four-post vehicle lift, a 100-foot-long wash bay and a stockroom for parts. The facility also has offices, a breakroom for mechanics and fuel storage tanks. The company, started in 1949, is headquartered in Mount Vernon at 11837 Lawrence 1163, and also operates asphalt plants in Carthage and Springfield. Blevins Asphalt, which constructs roads in southwest Missouri and beyond, is owned by Derek and Terri Stokes. According to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the company is slated to receive $28,002 through the Missouri Works program, which offers help accessing capital to retain or expand its workforce.
Phone: 417-466-3758
Web: BlevinsAsphalt.com