Elwyn in Middletown has started a 10-year, $100 million revitalization of its campus that will restructure the services it offers and the footprint of the 171-year-old institution, writes Alex Rose for the Daily Times.

“We think that by growing, by improving our systems, by investing in the organization, we’ll be able to bring more resources and innovation to people faster and be more responsive to the additional needs that, in the past, we would refer (contract) out to,” said Chief Executive Officer Charles “Chuck” McLister

Elwyn is looking at how it can best serve its population over the next 100 years and has created three 10-year master plans.

Those plans include building a new state-of-the-art school for children and youth, renovating campus buildings, and completing the relocation of adults into new facilities. 

Elwyn was founded in 1852 and created the self-sustaining Middletown campus in 1859, sequestering people with disabilities away from their communities as a way to protect them.

Now the push is to integrate into the community.

“We believe in people living their best lives and supporting them in the community to do so, and so we are rebuilding Elwyn to achieve that mission,” McLister said.

Read more about long-term plans for Elwyn at the Daily Times.