The commander of the Western Army, General Sakharov, decided to use a pause in the offensive of the
enemy(the Reds made a regrouping of forces and Redeployed units to the Southern Front) to attack in the direction of Ufa.
Instead, Willmar Redeployed one of its best community assets, converting the 1912 state hospital's
historic lakeshore campus into a bustling business incubator now home to more than 30 companies employing nearly 570 workers- nearly as many as the hospital had in its heyday.