Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and the LA County Community Development Commission will host a community meeting to discuss plans to construct the South Health Center, a $20 million, 30,000 square foot medical building this Tuesday, September 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center’s H. Claude Hudson Auditorium (12021 S. Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90059).

Building on the momentum generated by mass participation at recent hospital-related meetings, community input is being solicited on the design and construction of the facility, scheduled for completion by late 2010. Supervisor Ridley Thomas, Second District and Commission staff will be on hand to update residents and stakeholders on what is the first of several projects underway in connection with the development of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. hospital and revitalization of the existing 38 acre medical center site and surrounding neighborhood.