New Dallas Clinic to Revive Community Health Care

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DALLAS — A new 44,300-square-foot outpatient clinic is coming to the Fair Park neighborhood of Dallas in order to provide the community with accessibility to high-quality health care while taking steps to revitalize the community.

Dallas-based BOKA Powell designed the $19.8 million Hatcher Station Village, which is operated by the Parkland Health & Hospital System. The facility is set to open in the first quarter of 2015 with a design that will invite the community and expand accessibility to health care.

Frazier Revitalization Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to urban revitalization, identified the site of the new clinic after working with community leaders for several years to bring private and public investment into their neighborhood that is often overlooked, according to Brooks Powell, marketing and communications manager at BOKA Powell.

“People can now use this facility that is much closer to their neighborhood and is part of their neighborhood rather than having to travel to long distances to get to a place where they can have their basic medical needs attended to,” he added.

The facility consolidates services that are currently taking place in four separate clinics that were miles apart from each other. The single facility will provide a range of services in a central location.

“Not only are they bringing health care into an area where there has not been a great deal of primary care, but they are also able to make care more efficient,” Powell said.

Hatcher Station Village will feature on-site diagnostic and imaging services, provide services to geriatric and behavioral health patients, and provide a wide range of services to adults, women, infants and children. The facility’s flexible design also allows the space to be used as community and meeting space after hours. Parkland intends to host wellness programs and educational health outreach efforts in the conference and lobby spaces.

“The challenges were to have a space that really brought in the community — a space that had some flexibility built into it so the space could be used for community events,” Powell said. “It also needed to be a bold design that could announce that there is new life and investment in the community.”

Another key reason for the site’s selection was its connectivity to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail system, Powell said. Bus stations and light rail systems are located just across the street from the clinic, giving patients easy access to the larger health care services offered downtown.

Sustainability was also a huge factor in the design. The new clinic will meet the City of Dallas’ Green Building guidelines for new construction, incorporating sustainable design practices during the construction phase and ensuring long-term enhanced building performance, according to BOKA Powell.

“The design here really is intended to be of service to Dallas, to Parkland and to Frazier Revitalization as a good neighbor and a good partner to this facility and to the planet,” Powell said.

The health care clinic is just the first step in reviving the Fair Park neighborhood, which will soon develop community resources such as restaurants, recreation, education and additional local resources through the neighborhood’s partnership with Frazier Revitalization.

“[The clinic] announces that there is progress in this neighborhood,” Powell said. “I think it will be a point of pride.”