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Resilience is a newly created, for-profit company, said Courtney Avery, a spokeswoman for the company, in an email. Resilience is led by Manoj Prasad, who has been a “hospital transformation leader” since 1998, and has successfully turned around hospitals and health systems in Michigan, Texas and Florida, according to a Pipeline and Resilience news release.

Under the plan, the Chicago area would keep its three main VA health care facilities — Hines, the Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago and the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago. But Hines, which has nearly 500 beds, would get a new building to house all of its patient care. At least some of Hines’ current buildings, including the one that now includes most of the hospital’s patient care, would remain for administrative use, said James Doelling, Hines’ hospital director.

The campaign, which began March 8, was coordinated by the sheriff’s office with the help of police from nearby towns, including Winter Haven, Haines City, Lake Wales and Auburndale. Also participating was the office of the state attorney 10th Judicial Circuit, members from the Florida Department of Children and Families and anti-human trafficking organizations One More Child, Heartland for Children and Selah Freedom of Sarasota.

“We’re focused on faster turnaround times, better availability, getting people in and out of their parking spot quicker — we should be able to do that in under a minute,” said Mike Sayles, 33, co-founder and CEO of Fresh Street, who previously headed up sales for Chicago-based Ferrara Candy. “If we’re doing our jobs well, you’re interacting with us as little as possible.”