12/21/2025
When the Chillicothe project was first imagined, there were plenty of voices that said it would never happen.
Too ambitious.
Too complex.
Too bold for a small community.
Some doubted quietly.
Some doubted loudly.
Some dismissed it altogether.
But here’s what I’ve learned over the years—especially in medicine, leadership, and community building:
You don’t build transformational things by convincing skeptics.
You build them by showing up… again and again… with purpose, patience, and integrity.
Brick by brick.
Conversation by conversation.
Delay by delay.
Setback by setback.
This project was never about proving anyone wrong.
It was about proving what’s possible when patients come first, when community matters, and when you refuse to downgrade a vision just because it makes others uncomfortable.
Time has a way of sorting things out.
Truth doesn’t need a megaphone.
And progress doesn’t ask for permission.
To those who believed—thank you.
To those who doubted—watch closely.
The story is still being written.