{"id":3404,"date":"2019-11-25T16:56:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sleepy-visvesvaraya.209-59-154-116.plesk.page\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:56:20","slug":"wgw-keeps-it-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kynetdesign.in\/watergap\/2019\/11\/25\/wgw-keeps-it-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Gap Wellness Keeps it Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThere\u2019s no other place like it,\u201d said Joe Schlim, managing partner of Water Gap Capital Partners LLC and CEO of Water Gap Wellness, an upcoming premiere drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Delaware Water Gap, Pa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe wanted to build a beautiful place of recovery that was different from all the rest \u2013 and when we drove up the hill to the old Water Gap Country Club, we knew this was it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But what Schlim and partners didn\u2019t know when they drove up the hill that day was that the project would face extensive vetting from local officials and residents that would push the project back by months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opioid epidemic has reached record levels and we all know someone who has suffered from it or from other drug and alcohol addiction,\u201d said Schlim.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when the process began to take a little longer than we expected, we got frustrated because we wanted to start helping people right away,\u201d\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 70,237 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2017. The states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (57.8 per 100,000), Ohio (46.3 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (44.3 per 100,000), the District of Columbia (44.0 per 100,000), and Kentucky (37.2 per 100,000). https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/drugoverdose\/data\/statedeaths.html<\/a><\/p>\n

In Monroe county Pa alone, 98 people have died from overdose in the past two years.<\/p>\n

Water Gap Capital Partners LLC wanted to impact this local and national epidemic as soon as possible but the vetting setbacks have taken longer than expected. They wanted to be open and helping people sooner.<\/p>\n

However, despite the wait, their impact has actually taken root in a rather unexpected way \u2013 one that is being felt in the families of the local community.<\/p>\n

Since beginning renovations on the historic building in March, 2019, Water Gap Capital Partners LLC has upgraded the wiring, installed new walls and floors, replaced the HVAC and put on a whole new roof…<\/p>\n

…and nearly all of these renovations have been performed by local contractors and vendors who go home to their local families every night and engage in our local Pocono community every day \u2013 schools, medical care, recreation, commerce, etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could have brought in other groups from outside of the area, but we wanted to give the work to the local community,\u201d said Corey Miller, partner of Water Gap Capital Partners and Director of Operations for Water Gap Wellness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe wanted to be good local stewards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In all, Miller contracted with 16 local vendors resulting in over 40 local jobs \u2013 and all before the center has even opened for business.<\/p>\n

Contractors such as electrical, plumbing, landscaping, architect, engineers, lawyers, general contractors, painters, excavators, masonry, website and website hosting\u2026.are all local Pocono vendors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a huge project for our community,\u201d said Lance Pulse, Superintendent for GAK Construction, the local contracting company in charge of the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hired 4 new guys just for this project alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of these guys are local – from here to Blakeslee,\u201d Pulse said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBobby \u2013 he\u2019s out of Bangor, and Kenny \u2013 he\u2019s out of the West End and a lot of guys live up there on the mountain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe truly appreciate the fact that the owners are hiring local, it displays a positive reflection of their character to not only create an establishment in our area for helping and healing others but to also hire local to help out the families that live here,\u201d said Gary Folio, Managing Electrician from Hartmann Electric \u2013 the contracted electrical company for Water Gap Wellness.<\/p>\n

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Josh Staples of Staples Construction who is handling all the masonry and excavating work is thankful for the work right now. \u201cGlad they\u2019re keeping it local instead of out of town. I have two kids – 9 and 10. It\u2019s great to be busy during this time of year for sure \u2013 especially with the holidays coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope we can make a difference,\u201d said Corey Miller.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re humbled to be helping so many local people.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ps- before construction even began, Miller quietly donated all the sheets, furniture and housewares from the 25,000 square foot 24-bedroom inn to charity.<\/p>\n

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