Huntington, Ind. (WOWO) – A major investment in community health is taking shape in Huntington County.

Bowen Health officially broke ground Wednesday on its newest integrated healthcare facility, a $11 million, 29,000-square-foot building that will bring expanded services — including dental care — to the region by late 2026. The new site, located off US 24 at N 200 W, is Bowen’s fifth new facility in northern Indiana and part of the organization’s ongoing effort to make whole-person care more accessible.

“This isn’t just a building — it’s a promise,” said Matt Ditzler, Chairman of Bowen Health’s Board and Executive Director of the Huntington County Community Foundation. “It means access to care close to home, centered around dignity and focused on the whole person, mind and body.”

When complete, the Huntington facility will offer primary care, mental health services, addiction recovery treatment, life skills coaching, and for the first time in the area, dental care for all, including Medicaid patients. Bowen Health leaders say the new site is designed to eliminate barriers to care, especially for low-income residents who often struggle with transportation or finding providers that accept Medicaid.

Huntington Mayor Richard Strick welcomed the development, calling it “an investment in bearing one another’s burdens,” while Bowen Health CEO Dr. Rob Ryan called the new site “a campus of hope.”

The Huntington facility joins a growing network of Bowen Health centers, with buildings already operating in Whitley and Marshall counties, another opening in Warsaw this fall, and construction underway in Wabash.