The Compass Health Network, which recently merged with Comtrea, will hold a fall festival to celebrate the past and the future. The festival also will celebrate the expansion Compass has planned since the merger.
No admission will be charged to attend the festival, set for 3-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in the former grocery store at 1275 N. Truman Blvd. in Festus, which Compass has purchased for one of its new facilities. Formal remarks will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Sue Curfman, Compass’ regional senior vice president of corporate services, said the building will house a Compass Integrated Medical Center.
She said the festival will not only commemorate Compass’ merger with Comtrea on July 1, but also Comtrea’s 50 years of service to Jefferson County residents.
Festivities will include pumpkin bowling, cornhole, bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals and other children’s activities.
Vendors will include Kettelhut’s Smokehouse, McKenna’s Sugar Time Bakery, Braided Bakery, Plant Joy and Co, STL Balloons, Impish Grin Face Art and InkedLinks Permanent Jewelry.
Not long after the merger, Compass Health Network announced plans to expand medical, dental and behavioral health services in Jefferson County.
The new location on North Truman Boulevard should open by fall of 2024 and will offer comprehensive primary care, dental and behavioral health services.
Compass also plans to open a 24/7 behavioral health crisis center at 222 N. Mill St. next to the Festus Fire Department. The building will be renovated to fit the needs of people in crisis, said Lauren Moyer, Compass’ executive vice president of clinical innovation.
She said plans call for the crisis center to be open by the start of next year.
Katrina McDonald Fuller, Compass’ executive vice president of corporate services, said the building for the crisis center currently houses a psychosocial rehabilitation program center that will be relocated to 109 N. Mill St. She said the psychosocial rehabilitation program is for adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness and works to prevent them from living in isolation and provides them with education, socialization and skill-building opportunities.
Moyer said Compass has two other projects in the works, all expected to be up and running by fall 2024, she said.
In High Ridge, a building will be added to property at 1817 Gravois Road and will house a primary care, behavioral health and dental services facility. The existing building on the property offers services for people with behavioral health and substance use disorders.
Moyer said Compass has leased a dental facility at 1845 Jeffco Blvd. in Arnold to provide dental clinics for people with private insurance and Medicaid. It also will offer a sliding fee scale for customers without dental insurance.