Spring weather brings the start of a long-anticipated renovation and expansion project in Lake City at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital (SMCH). Fencing now surrounds a large area of the hospital parking lot to limit access for the safety of patients, visitors, staff and construction workers. “We are excited to see the building project moving forward,” says CEO, Cindy Carstens. “Over the next several months, many changes will occur as the construction crews work on each phase of the project. To assure that our patients and the community have the most up-to-date information on how these changes will affect them as they receive care at SMCH, our organization will provide timely updates highlighting that important information. Your safety is our priority during this project,” she adds. Patients and visitors to the hospital and those receiving outpatient services are asked to check-in at the Outpatient Registration Desk by using the clinic driveway or entering the hospital parking lot from Monroe Street, south of Macke Motors. They are then to park near the Emergency Department entrance and enter through that door. Clinic patients will continue to use the parking lot to the west of the McCrary Rost Clinic and use the designated entrance for those appointments.