Ground Breaking Scheduled for June 7th
May 10, 2018
Unity Care NW Celebrates Groundbreaking for North Whatcom Health Center with Ceremony on June 7th
Unity Care NW will celebrate the long-awaited groundbreaking for our new North Whatcom Health Center in Ferndale on Thursday, June 7. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 6044 Portal Way.
The groundbreaking celebration will include remarks by local dignitaries and a shovel ceremony. KAFE 104.1 will be on site with Scotty VanDryver that afternoon providing music and interviews.
The North Whatcom Health Center will expand access to primary medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services in north Whatcom County. The new 23,000 sq. ft. health center will serve 9,500 patients. It will include 12 dental operatories, expanding access to adult dental care in our community. The facility will also have the most comprehensive behavioral health services in Whatcom County, outside of Bellingham. It will bring on-site pharmacy services to our Ferndale location, and it will employ 60 full-time staff and will contribute to the revitalization of Ferndale’s Portal Way corridor.
We expect the health center to be open to patients by the summer of 2019.
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ABOUT UNITY CARE NW
Unity Care NW is a private, not-for-profit clinic, governed by a Board of Directors a majority of whose members use the clinic’s services. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Unity Care offers a Sliding Fee Discount Program that discounts prices according to household size and income to make services available regardless of the ability to pay. These discounts are also available to people with commercial insurance or Medicare who face high deductibles or copays. Unity Care NW is dedicated to the principle
Unity Care NW will celebrate the long-awaited groundbreaking for our new North Whatcom Health Center in Ferndale on Thursday, June 7. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 6044 Portal Way.
The groundbreaking celebration will include remarks by local dignitaries and a shovel ceremony. KAFE 104.1 will be on site with Scotty VanDryver that afternoon providing music and interviews.
The North Whatcom Health Center will expand access to primary medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services in north Whatcom County. The new 23,000 sq. ft. health center will serve 9,500 patients. It will include 12 dental operatories, expanding access to adult dental care in our community. The facility will also have the most comprehensive behavioral health services in Whatcom County, outside of Bellingham. It will bring on-site pharmacy services to our Ferndale location, and it will employ 60 full-time staff and will contribute to the revitalization of Ferndale’s Portal Way corridor.
We expect the health center to be open to patients by the summer of 2019.
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ABOUT UNITY CARE NW
Unity Care NW is a private, not-for-profit clinic, governed by a Board of Directors a majority of whose members use the clinic’s services. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Unity Care offers a Sliding Fee Discount Program that discounts prices according to household size and income to make services available regardless of the ability to pay. These discounts are also available to people with commercial insurance or Medicare who face high deductibles or copays. Unity Care NW is dedicated to the principle
