Health Compass Newsletter

This month, you'll see exciting changes on the CMH campus in Astoria as our general contractor team begins working on the foundation of the BuildCMH Expansion Project.

After officially breaking ground on the project in October 2024, it will be great to see the building's footprint as we look toward its opening in just a couple of years.

Before that can happen, we want to make you aware of how the changes on campus will affect you, our patients and our community.

New main entrance

Many of you are familiar with our West Lobby, considered our main entrance to the hospital, which is typically reached off of Exchange and 20th streets.

Later this summer, 20th Street, between Exchange and Franklin, and the West Lobby parking lot will be closed — to make way for the new hospital!

Instead of entering the front doors off of the West Lobby, patients will park in the lots south of the hospital and enter through back doors leading to our Gift Shop Atrium. That's the door between Professional Office Building 1 and Professional Office Building 2.

We'll have signs directing you where to park and how to enter the building.

This will be the new "main entrance" to CMH for the majority of the two-year construction period, so please help us spread the word.

Emergency Room access

Patients and ambulances going to the Emergency Room will continue to use the driveway off of Exchange Street to reach the Emergency Room entrance.

Services off-site

Want to avoid the construction? Depending on your needs, you may be able to visit other CMH locations for services, rather than visiting the main hospital campus in Astoria.

In addition to our locations in Astoria, we have:

• Urgent Care Clinics in Seaside and Warrenton
• A pharmacy in Seaside
• Walk-in labs in Seaside and Warrenton, with extended hours in the Astoria Health & Wellness Pavilion
• Walk-in imaging in Seaside and Warrenton
• Specialty appointments in Seaside (Cardiology, Foot and Ankle, and Pediatrics)
• Bill pay online or over the phone (503.338.7530)

Route to new main entrance

Remember: 20th Street between Exchange and Franklin will be closed later this month.

To drive to CMH for in-hospital appointments, you can turn onto 22nd Street from Exchange Street. From there, you'll drive along Franklin Avenue, which goes behind the hospital, to the new patient parking lots south of the hospital. See the map for the route.

Watch the project's progress

View live webcams, read project updates and hear more about what the expansion is bringing to Astoria at columbiamemorial.org/buildcmh.

Categories: BuildCMH Expansion Project