Progress continues at the Vermont Corridor Project, which will house two county departments. (photo by Aurelia Ventura/Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors)

The Vermont Corridor project, which is located at Vermont Avenue and Sixth Street in Koreatown and will serve as the future headquarters of the Los Angeles County departments of Mental Health and Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services, is in the final stages of construction ahead of completion in 2021.

Approved by the board of supervisors in 2018, the project was built in partnership with the Trammel Crow Company. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, 2nd District, recently toured the expansive development.

“The county of Los Angeles is part of the revitalization of communities. It means from an economic point of view, from a cultural point of view and from the perspective of removing the stigma of mental health, this is a monument to self-esteem and self-worth,” Ridley-Thomas said.

The project has employed over 2,400 construction workers, including many from the local community. The ground floor of the development will house a peer resource center and walk-in mental health services clinic.

Future phases of the project include creating an affordable housing development for seniors at the site, as well as a community center that will be run by the YMCA and additional market-rate housing and retail space.

“It makes a real statement about the importance of mental health, the mental health of our entire community, in particular those who have suffered for too long and have not had the dignity that a building like this and its resources would bring,” said Dr. Jonathan Sherin, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.

For information, visit bos.lacounty.gov.