Cabarrus Health Alliance celebrates opening of new Brown Mill location in Concord

Officials say the expanded facility will improve healthcare access across Cabarrus County while supporting the larger Tucker Rebuilders Campus vision.

Cabarrus Health Alliance officials, community leaders and supporters gathered Wednesday morning for the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating CHA’s new facility at the renovated Brown Mill property in Concord. Photo credit: Chris Miller.

Just a few years ago, in 2021, leaders with Cabarrus Health Alliance were driving across Cabarrus County searching for a building or piece of land that could accommodate the organization’s growing needs.

At the time, CHA had begun to outgrow its longtime headquarters in Kannapolis. But none of the properties they toured ever seemed quite right.

“It didn’t really match with the data saying where we needed to be,” said Erin Shoe, CHA’s public health director.

Then, almost unexpectedly, Shoe connected with Cooperative Christian Ministry CEO Ed Hosack, who was already imagining a broader redevelopment vision for the former Brown Mill property along Cabarrus Avenue in Concord.