On April 30, 2009, the Mississippi State Department of Health issued a Certificate of Need to Community Place for the Construction, Replacement, and Relocation of its existing 60-bed Nursing Home from Hinds County to Rankin County, Mississippi. Sharon Bridges and Jonathan Werne assisted Community Place in obtaining approval from the Department. Community Place is a Mississippi non-profit corporation established in 1934 and presently operates a 60-bed Medicare and Medicaid certified long-term care nursing facility in Hinds County, Mississippi.