Ridgeview history

In 1968, under the direction of the board of directors and then executive director, John F. Byrne, Ph.D., a federal construction was applied for and awarded to begin construction at our current main site in Oak Ridge located at 240 W. Tyrone Road.

In October of 1969, the facility became fully operational as an outpatient clinic, a 22-bed inpatient hospital for adults, and space for administrative offices.

The mental health center was renamed the Regional Mental Health Center of Oak Ridge in 1970 when the center began to expand its outreach programs by establishing satellite clinics in Campbell, Scott Roane, and Morgan counties.

1973: Ridgeview underwent a major expansion, adding a third floor and a capacity of 109 beds and 20 bassinets.

June 1977: Hospital becomes charter member of Corresponding Health Care Associates, which later becomes InterCare, the first regional hospital system of Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA). VHA is now the largest voluntary hospital system in the United States.

In 1983, in order to recognize the expansion of inpatient services, the center’s name was changed to Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital & Center, Inc.

March 1987: Major remodeling project including the relocation of the physical therapy department is completed.

April 1990: Ground was broken for an $11 million expansion, which included a new emergency care facility and ambulance garages.

1995: Ridgeview Medical Place, a private medical office building, was built just north of Ridgeview Medical Center, allowing additional services—including radiation therapy, oncology care and dialysis.

1996: Ridgeview purchased Chanhassen Medical Center, a family care clinic located in downtown Chanhassen.

1998: With support from Ridgeview Foundation, a chapel and meditation garden were constructed.

1999: Groundbreaking for multi-million dollar building project including the expansion of imaging services, with an on-site magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility, as well as the construction of a state-of-the-art cardiac-intensive care unit (CICU).

1, 2000: Ridgeview became an independent, nonprofit hospital.

2001: Ridgeview opened a CICU and Imaging Center.

The 11,000-square-foot addition expanded the 8,379-square-foot clinic that was built in 2002.

April 2003 – SMC&C Foundation funded expansion and renovation of hospital nurse’s station is completed.

July 2008: Ridgeview Professional Building opened in Waconia.

February 2009: Ridgeview Winsted Clinic expansion is completed.

2010: Ridgeview opened its Neonatal Care Unit, in partnership with Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

February 1, 2011: Ridgeview opened Two Twelve Medical Center, a free-standing emergency and urgent care facility located at Highways 212 and 41 in Chaska.

Summer 2012: Ridgeview Delano Clinic expansion is completed.

January 1, 2014: Ridgeview assumed the operation of Sibley Medical Center—a critical care access hospital in Arlington, Minn., and its four primary care clinics (Arlington, Gaylord, Henderson and Winthrop).

August 15, 2016: Ground was broken on a nearly 100,000 square-foot Ridgeview Health Campus in Belle Plaine.

June 5, 2017: Ridgeview opened a new 13,555 square-foot clinic in Belle Plaine.

22, 2018: Ridgeview broke ground on the new Norman and Ann Hoffman Emergency Center on the Waconia campus.

20, 2019: The first completed area of the Norman and Ann Hoffman Emergency Center addition on Ridgeview's Waconia campus opened to patients.

25, 2020: The Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center remodel project was completed.