After nine months behind construction barricades, the Ronald McDonald Dobson House in Mesa is set to welcome families again on Dec. 2, after a $2.7 million renovation that gives parents a respite while their children receive critical medical care.

Ronald McDonald House Charities officials and supporters cut the ribbon on the renovated Dobson House in Mesa last week as it prepares to reopen Dec. 2. (Special to the Tribune)

The home, located on the campus of Banner Children’s at Desert, originally opened in 2014 but a decade of constant use had left it “tired,” said Kerry Schulman, president and CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona.

With families often arriving emotionally exhausted from the hospital bedside, she said the organization knew it was time

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