Progress

By Andrew M. Seder aseder@timesleader.com
Times Leader Staff Writer
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SCRANTON – To those driving along Pine Street between Washington and Adams avenues, they see a simple construction site that will soon be home to The Commonwealth Medical College. To those gathered at that site Friday, it’s much more than that.

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John P. Moses, chairman of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, speaks Friday at the Commonwealth Medical College construction site on Pine Street in Scranton.

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 “I look out there and I see some equipment that’s ostensibly here to build the foundation of a building,” said John Moses, a board member of the college and Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. “But really we’re here today to build a foundation for something far more significant.”

 As big trucks and heavy equipment made noise and moved earth on the three-acre lot, more than 50 people stood nearby commemorating the importance of the work – the start of the $120 million construction project of the Medical Sciences Building.

“Watching these construction vehicles begin work today is a wonderful visible sign of moving forward with an idea and a dream that has been in the works since 2003,” said Robert Naismith, vice chairman of the college’s board. “This building will serve as a place for our future students to study, learn and discover and will serve as a symbol for many of us in the community of tremendous progress.”

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