The Marietta Flats building, constructed around 1914, will be renovated to house research and therapy services for children with autism, Asperger’s syndrome and other disorders, creating 14 new jobs.
The Rubenstein Building will house the Center for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, which will serve adults with memory disorders, and 17 jobs will be created.
A third program, called Nathaniel’s Place, will utilize a combination of the arts and psychological counseling to serve veterans with post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and other disorders. The program will take advantage of brain imaging technology at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, said Dr. Larry James, dean of the School of Professional Psychology.
Both sites will offer treatment as well as research for students and faculty, James said.
“These projects are not just a bunch of feel-good, do-gooder type things for the community. It involves innovation and cutting-edge research,” he said.
The building that houses the School of Professional Psychology is just a few blocks away at West Third and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard.
The project will bring clinicians, graduate students and support staff into the neighborhood where Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar began writing.
The Wright-Dunbar Business District was designated a historic district in 2000, said John Cummiskey, director of real estate and property management for Wright-Dunbar, Inc., which has been charged with redeveloping the neighborhood.
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