In 2006, the Board obtained additional funding and opened the doors of the Caring Hands Dental Clinic. It first began in a borrowed space in a local chiropractor’s office. Not long after that, the big push began, and the clinic established its home in the Marion Building, located at 700 Cedar Street in Alexandria.
The clinic has gone through enormous growth and changes. Through generous donations and grants, the clinic expanded in July of 2012. This expansion included a full-time staff.
Our Story – Pipestone Location
Caring Hands Dental Clinic’s efforts started back in 2017 to open a clinic in Pipestone.
Then in 2018, Pipestone County received a $500,000 Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) grant through the state bonding bill for a dental clinic. Pipestone County would have owned the building, and the clinic would have equipped and maintained it. However, with the DEED grant, buildings are required to be sustainable, which added around $250,000 to the project.
The clinic then bought city-owned property where it is now located at 301 11th Street NE, and construction started right away.
Caring Hands Dental Clinic-Pipestone opened on June 6th, 2022.