By Vanesa Brashier, editor@bluebonnetnews.com
In just a few short weeks, the Health Center of Southeast Texas will open the doors to its new 12,000-square-foot expansion located on the north side of the main clinic at 307 N. William Barnett Ave. in Cleveland.
Construction workers on Thursday, Feb. 7, were busy plastering walls and hanging frames for drop ceilings. Once the building is ready, HCSET staff will move in furnishings and prepare for patients.
The expansion will add two more clinics to the Cleveland location with each additional clinic having its own nurse station, three patient rooms and one procedure room. The expansion includes two behavioral health offices, 12 offices for administrative staff, a call center, lab, eligibility room, a pharmacy, six restrooms and a large waiting room with a separate waiting room for sick patients. Additional parking is added on the north side.
With a combined 75 employees at HCSET’s four clinics in Livingston, Liberty, Shepherd and Cleveland, the new building’s design also includes a conference room where future staff meetings and training sessions will be held.
The expansion was expected to be ready by March, but the completion date now is pushed back to April. A grand opening will be announced at a later date but is expected to be held sometime in May.
Work is under way in all parts of the 12,000-foot expansion of the Health Center of Southeast Texas clinic in Cleveland. In just a few weeks, this area will be receiving patients. 
Kim Hughes, marketing director for the Health Center of Southeast Texas, stands in the foyer of the 12,000-square foot expansion of the main clinic in Cleveland. HCSET has three other locations in Liberty, Shepherd and Livingston. 
This large room will serve as a conference area for the approximately 75 physicians, nurses, administrators and support staff who work for the Health Center of Southeast Texas. 
A laborer works on a drop-ceiling frame in the new expansion of the Health Center of Southeast Texas’ clinic at 307 N. William Barnett Ave. in Cleveland. The new building is approximately 12,000 square feet of added space.