Submitted by: Unity Care NW
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.
