OXFORD – The wrecking ball is set to strike the former Oxford Veterans’ Home sometime this spring or summer, according to a Sept. 24 correspondence from the New York State Department of Health.
Facilities Management Director Val S. Gray confirmed that the current facility would be demolished “shortly after relocation of residents and staff into the new facility.” The existing building will be occupied until late fall of 2009.
The lands are to be used to supplement the adjacent new facility’s bio-retention system; for creating more parking; for resident recreational activities and to create gardens and ample green space.
The director said the DOH has reviewed the options presented for the existing building and been “very sensitive to the needs of the veteran population and the local community.”
“We have considered in our deliberations, a feasibility study conducted on behalf of the Veterans’ Home in October 2008 and the many suggestions from concerned parties to determine a feasible solution. However, it was determined that there were no viable or financially feasible programs for the facility,” Gray stated in his response to Sally Venugopalan, the vets’ home administrator, and to Village Mayor Terry Stark.
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