General News
Published April 20, 2020
Innovia Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund
Vivacity Care Center (VCC) is donating $10,000 to Innovia Foundation to support Spokane's hospitality and service industry during the current COVID-19 crisis. Innovia will use these funds to support Big Table Spokane, which works to meet the needs of people in the hospitality and service industry. Innovia reported that a local hotel chain reduced its staff from about 1,400 to about 150 people in just a week. A local coffee chain has laid off 75% of its workforce in the past two weeks.
To follow Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, VCC has stopped all non-urgent, elective care during the outbreak and is limiting in-person appointments. Patients have the option of scheduling acute care visits for urgent needs, as well as health coaching and behavioral health appointments, via telehealth. Read more about what VCC is doing in light of COVID-19.
A third Vivacity Care Center location groundbreaking
Before the Washington state-wide shutdown, Vivacity Care Centers broke ground on its third and flagship location in Spokane Valley, as part of its commitment to the health of its neighborhood. The future 10,000 square-foot space will employ up to 27 people and include 10 exam rooms, eight consulting rooms and plenty of parking. Doors will open end of 2020.
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At the first VCC location on N. Country Homes Blvd., patients have scheduled over 4,072 appointments, with over 752 new patients served since opening its doors on January 2, 2020. When this center opens its expanded space in May, it will employ up to 32 people. The second location is at the corner of Division and Mission in downtown Spokane. Doors will open for this location in July.
Vivacity Care Center flagship rendering in Spokane Valley (Site 3).
David Condon, VP of Eastern Washington, Premera; and Ben Wick, Mayor of Spokane Valley.