The New Rio Rancho Presbyterian Hospital

They've made great progress on the new Rio Rancho Presbyterian Hospital. I stopped by to take some pictures last week.

Ha ha, fooled ya, that's not the hospital that's just a cool mural they have posted on the construction fence.

That's what the hospital really looks like!

Rio Rancho needs this new hospital and the jobs it will bring. The hospital is scheduled to open in 2011. Once it's open it's promising to bring 450 permanent jobs to Rio Rancho. That's awesome but no doubt the impact will spread even further as other hospital related services will be needed.

Look at the beautiful Sandia Mountains in the background!

I believe the new Rio Rancho Presbyterian Hospital and the jobs it will bring will impact several nearby neighborhoods including Cabezon in Rio Rancho, and Stonebridge, Paradise Skies and Ventana Ranch in nearby northwest Albuquerque.