MOORHEAD — Essentia Health is donating $1 million to the new Moorhead community center and library to support the walking path inside the building.

The donation will sponsor the elevated walking loop, which will look down over the first floor of the building. Beyond the $1 million to sponsor the indoor walking path, an additional donation will fund improvements to the path along the Red River in downtown Moorhead.

Essentia and the city of Moorhead announced the donations in a Thursday, Oct. 16, press conference in the partly-completed shell of the future community center and library, nicknamed The Loop.

Dr. Stefanie Gefroh, president of Essentia Health West Market, said Essentia’s mission was aligned with the city of Moorhead’s vision for downtown.

“This river walk and this indoor w

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