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Ground
Construction begins on the regional medical center campus in
the Hill Country named for area visionaries
fforts to increase access to
high-quality medical care
to residents of the Hill
Country have begun. Plans that have
been years in the making reached an
important milestone in November
2011. Ground was broken on the
first phase of the Wayne and Eileen
Hurd Regional Medical Center Scott
& White in Marble Falls, Texas. The
60,000-square-foot medical clinic will
anchor the 111-acre medical campus
near the intersection of US 281 and
TX 71 South. The clinic is scheduled
to be completed in 2013, and will
include physician offices and medical
and surgical clinics.
During the planning process, which
began in 2007, the medical center
campus was informally called the Scott
& White Lake of the Hills Regional
Medical Center. Because of the Hurds’
dedication to the initiative, Scott &
White Healthcare system leadership
announced during the groundbreaking
ceremony that the campus will be

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named in their honor. Wayne Hurd,
co-developer of Horseshoe Bay, passed
away last fall, but he and Mrs. Hurd
have been stalwart supporters of the
project since its inception.
“The Hurds have been generous of
heart and spirit. We are so pleased to
honor them by naming this facility after
them,” says Nancy Birdwell, executive
vice president and chief executive officer,

in nearby communities and their
patients, as Scott & White brings
even more resources, physicians, and
advanced technology to the region. The
healthcare system earlier had acquired
the 30-bed Llano Memorial Healthcare
System and its six outpatient clinics,
and in the process, welcomed their
physicians and staff. As many as 35
more physicians and advanced practice

“The Hurds have been
generous of heart and
spirit. We are so pleased
to honor them by naming
this facility after them.”
—Nancy Birdwell

Scott & White Healthcare Foundation.
Scott & White’s goal is to enhance
the partnership between the talented
group of physicians and providers

professionals will be added as the clinic
building prepares to open.
The following two phases of
construction will include the Surgical