“What makes Grady and the Ponce Center unique is that we have a deeper sense of community, and we deliver services with compassion at its core, so everyone’s welcomed, and everyone’s treated the same,” he says.
Anthony saw the same welcoming, caring approach from Truist when he was invited to a getting-to-know-you luncheon by the Truist team, including Chris Leutzinger, who specializes in the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program, and Tammy Hughes, who specializes in not-for-profit and government banking.Disclosure 3
“My first impression was that they were warm, open, and easy to talk to,” says Anthony. “They were interested in not just Grady and where we’re taking our health system, but also in me and how they could help my transition into my new role.” All that helps Truist be a better partner.
Challenges with the Ponce Center renovation
The Ponce Center renovation was one of the first projects that Anthony worked on with Truist.
“The Ponce Center needed more space. They needed more workers. So obviously they needed more money to fund that,” says Tammy.
The goal was simple, but the plan wasn’t. The center, founded in 1986, moved to an office building that had been donated to Grady in the early ’90s. Anthony says they did the best they could to “refresh” the space enough to get it up and running, and added a pharmacy and lab. Aside from bringing in more services, like dental care and diagnostic imaging, not much else had changed in 30 years.
The results [US map icon] INSP owns and operates 40 broadcast stations (including major network affiliates) in 12 markets across the U.S. [profit line graph icon] INSP’s annual revenue increased from about $200 million to about $400 million. [person icon] The number of employees of INSP increased from about 350 to about 850. [house and tree icon] INSP has a local presence in communities in Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington. Source: INSP, LLC.
