Vineyard House, which provides safe and sober housing for people in early recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, will celebrate the opening of its new residential campus with a ribbon cutting on Friday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m.

The community is invited to participate in the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception and tour. The new campus is located at 45 Short Hill Road in Vineyard Haven.

The opening comes eight months after ground was broken on the Island’s first purpose-built sober living community. The new campus, built by Squash Meadow Construction from plans by Mashek MacLean Architects, can accommodate up to 18 men and seven women. There is also an administration building with a conference room named for deceased board member Pat Gregory that will be available for a variety of community needs, as well as an area for 12-Step meetings and related use.

Vineyard House has provided housing for men and women in early recovery since 1997, but until now residents have been spread among three older houses in different parts of Oak Bluffs. Vineyard House was able to raise enough capital through generous support from a variety of donors and proceeds from the sale of its existing houses to build the new campus without incurring any debt. Residents of Vineyard House are required to pay rent, hold down a job, attend support group meetings, maintain the houses, and submit to regular and random drug and alcohol testing.