Historical November 1992 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Can you believe it? Twenty years ago it all began in the Kingsbury storefront.
On October 5, 1992 People’s Clinic (now Peoples’ Health Centers) broke ground for expanding their facilities another 37,000 square feet.
The new building will be linked to the old clinic and will enable the Health Center to not only provide better care but to expand services to more people.
It was an exciting homecoming for this former board member!
As I sat with other invited guests under a big white canopy.
It was good to say, “Hello,” to former and current board members. Doctors David Malone and Daniel Whitehead and I recalled the early days of the clinic when professional and student volunteers opened a small office at Kingsbury and DesPeres.
Then there were difficult and challenging days of growth and moving to the present location on Delmar. Peoples’ Clinic opened a second office in Maplewood in 1986. And now this new expansion which will almost double its present space!
The ground breaking ceremony moved quickly due to the talents of Dr. Donald Suggs, the Ground Breaking Chairman, and Roy Heimburger, People’s Capital Campaign Chairman. Father Paul Reinert, S. J. (former president of St. Louis University) offered a blessing. Jack Keane from the mayor’s office read a citation honoring the clinic. Board members and staff wearing construction helmets broke the first ground with a ribboned silver shovel amid smiles, pictures, and a burst of brilliant red and blue balloons. Betty Jean Kerr, Executive Director, and staff deserve special congratulations for providing quality health care. Their efforts and success at proving that quality health care is a human right and not a privilege and has necessitated this expansion. Peoples’ Health Centers invites you to visit at 5701 Delmar.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November 1992.
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