Wellness Center
Charles and Helen Solano Bessemer Wellness Center
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We are super excited about the progress that Mark Lopez Construction has been making on our new Charles and Helen Solano Bessemer Wellness Center!
In case you hadn’t heard about our new home being built, it’s a 14,000 sq. ft., two story high wellness center, named after Co-founder and CEO Jude Solano’s parents. And it is on track to finish February or March of 2024.
Not only will it have space for our own harm reduction services but also other programs and nonprofits who serve those experiencing homelessness. We will have showers, commercial washers and dryers, and other services to help them.
Additionally, the center is also expected to house a demo kitchen, where people can learn how to cook fresh food; a rooftop garden, so people can learn how to grow that food; an area with computers where people can apply for jobs or conduct other learning; and a small grocer, among other areas that can contribute to overall wellness.
According to Jude Solano, the center could impact Pueblo significantly and serve as a model for other cities around the country to follow. As quoted by Solano in The Pueblo Chieftain, “The whole premise of the building is to teach people how to live independently with quality resources.”
We hope you’ll follow our Facebook (@SoCoHarmReductionAssociation) to get updates on our journey!
Floor Plan
Updates on our New Home
January 7, 2024
SCHRA was in 5280 Magazine!! We wanted to share this spotlight interview with Jude Solano talking about our new Charles and Helen Solano Bessemer Wellness Center.
December 4, 2023
Here was our Co-Founter/CEO, Jude Solano after climbing the stairs to access the 2nd floor – all smiles of course! And also shown are the outside windows have been going up.
November 7, 2023
We are happy to report that we are now at 60% completion of our new Charles and Helen Solano Bessemer Wellness Center! Shown below is the hard-working crew putting showers in and drywall up. It’s really starting to come together and we can visualize us being in this space, serving our community.
October 11, 2023
The beautifying has begun! The Wellness Center’s grocery store garage door was installed today.
October 7, 2023
The exterior isn’t anything worth showing off just yet, but the crew has made incredible progress on the interior’s framing!
May 18, 2023
Featured on KOAA News 5
Construction in progress for new wellness center on Pueblo’s southside
