Today, Cape Fear Valley Health hosted a reception to recognize members of the local state legislative delegation for their efforts to secure funding for Cape Fear Valley Health’s new Center for Medical Education.
In the latest state budget Cape Fear Valley Health System was designated to receive a $15 million construction grant for the Center for Medical Education, which is scheduled to open this fall.
Once completed, the five-story building will have 120,000 square feet of space which will include lecture halls, classrooms, and simulation labs for hands-on applied learning. The facility will also house the Neuroscience Institute that will help diagnose, treat, and research neurological disorders.
The primary purpose for the medical education facility is to allow the health system to increase its number of residency programs beyond the current ten programs. In turn, this will increase the physician workforce in southeastern North Carolina.
“We are thankful our state legislators have committed to this funding, which will greatly enhance several areas of operations and patient care in the Cape Fear Valley Health System,” said CEO Michael Nagowski. “We’re especially thankful for the tremendous boost this will give the Center for Medical Education, and we’re looking forward to this opportunity for many of our doctors and staff to personally express their appreciation face to face with the folks who made the funding possible.”
With this money from the state budget the $33 million construction cost for the Center for Medical Education is fully funded.
The delegation in attendance include
Representatives Marvin Lucas, Billy Richardson, John Szoka, Diane Wheatley, Howard Penny, John Sauls, Larry Strickland, William Brisson, Charles Graham, Brendan Jones, Garland Pierce, and Raymond Smith and Senators Jim Burgin, Ben Clark, Kirk deViere, Danny Britt, Brent Jackson and Bill Rabon.
At center, Chancellor Darrell T. Allison and Juanette Council, Ed.D., vice chancellor for student affairs, cut the ribbon to celebrate the grand reopening of Fayetteville State University's newly renovated Spaulding Building, joined by campus leaders
FCEDC has officially moved its staff and operations to 611 W. Russell St. The 35,800- square-foot center was previously home to Homemakers Furniture and Interiors. Renovations began in the fall of 2025 and are expected to be completed in the next six to eight months. Currently, FCEDC staff are working within an open 7,500-square-foot floor plan as initial improvements progress.
Inset: Systel’s first corporate headquarters was a small rental house turned office on Fort Bragg Road in Fayetteville in 1981. Large photo: The company’s new corporate headquarters reflects years of growth into a multi-million dollar company that pr
