Longleaf Recovery & Wellness has announced its new Baldwin County state-of-the-art recovery treatment center is officially open. The facility is the company’s fourth.

Local and state officials were on hand to mark the occasion.

“Longleaf Recovery is really doing innovative and creative work in our state,” said Alabama Department of Mental Health Commissioner Kimberly Boswell. “Everything that they’re doing in their approach is about creating dignity and respect for the people who walk through (their) door.” 

“(Longleaf) is building these beautiful facilities that are designed to be peaceful and to support folks’ recovery. I’m so grateful that they’re leading the way in our state to improve the quality of care for people with mental illness and substance use disorder.” 

Longleaf’s Chief Executive Officer Colin Harris was also in attendance.

“There is such a need for more options for both substance use treatment in Alabama,” said Harris. “Treatment options are typically hard to find or inaccessible to so many in our state – we wanted to change that and, by opening our center in Baldwin County – we are doing our best to make it better.” 

Billie Jo Underwood, Chair of the Baldwin County Commission, was happy that those in need of treatment in the Gulf Coast region would no longer have to travel far for help.

“We need this for Baldwin County and for the Gulf Coast area,” said Underwood. “I am so excited that the people of this area can get help locally.”

In addition to the new location in Baldwin County, Longleaf operates the Birmingham Recovery Center and Longleaf Recovery and Wellness, both in Hoover, and Longleaf Recovery Huntsville in Madison. 

Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten