The long-awaited Veterans Administration outpatient clinic in Vero Beach’s main medical corridor will not open this month as scheduled, but construction has finally begun a year after VA officials announced funding for the much-needed facility, now set to open next spring. The clinic was originally slated to open this past March – and is likely to attract veterans from nearby St. Lucie County – but in mid-February VA officials extended that time horizon to September. In June, the VA told this reporter that the first phase would still open to patients in September, followed by a second phase in December.

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