tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post1200067486518644681..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Clinic Monoculture is Defeating Edgewater Mixed Use ZoneSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-46088986413434308812019-10-12T09:02:28.933-07:002019-10-12T09:02:28.933-07:00The City's published the approvals on Council ...The City's published <a href="https://salem.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4164160&GUID=7107E9EB-4AB2-465A-AA42-89A02AFA1789&Options=&Search=" rel="nofollow">the approvals on Council agenda for Monday</a>. Scanning it, there doesn't seem to be any surprises.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-71576289972890394302019-09-16T19:47:31.583-07:002019-09-16T19:47:31.583-07:00But poverty's not necessarily behind the Salem...But poverty's not necessarily behind the Salem Health clinic on Edgewater and Patterson and the sports medicine clinic on Second and Patterson. Then there's also the dialysis clinic on Second and McNary. <br /><br />NWHS has some particular reasons for its expansion, and you rightly highlight a dimension not touched on here.<br /><br />There is also this larger pattern of an emergent monoculture with multiple clinics along Second and Edgewater. This monoculture seems to be in tension with the larger goals for a "main street" and mixed-use corridor.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-41076672789668602642019-09-16T16:24:31.790-07:002019-09-16T16:24:31.790-07:00" Apparently, by itself, the market is callin..." Apparently, by itself, the market is calling for medical clinics here. This seems strange, but it is what it is, I suppose."<br /><br />This might not make any difference in your design analysis, but it's not the market that's calling for this clinic, but Salem's extreme poverty. Maybe you're not aware that NWHS [adapted from their website] offers medical, dental and mental health services on a sliding fee scale based on family size and income. No one is turned away due to their inability to pay. Homeless youth and adults at our HOST and HOAP Programs access basic needs services, case management, peer support, and health care at Community Health Centers.<br /><br />NWHS was begun in 1971 by two UCLA medical students who were interning with Marion County Health Department. Appalled by the lack of health care services available to the low-income and homeless, the students, Phil Yule and Paul Kaplan, requested the assistance of the health department in opening a clinic to serve disadvantaged populations. With the department’s support and assistance, The Cry of Love Free Clinic was opened, named after a popular Jimi Hendrix album of the day. <br /><br />In 1979, The Cry of Love Free Clinic became the West Bank Health Network, and later the West Salem Clinic, as it is currently known. In 1982 the agency as a whole took on the name 'Northwest Human Services' in an effort to move with the times and away from its counter-culture image - though the original mission to serve underprivileged citizens with respect and compassion remained, and remains, as strong as ever. <br /><br />Sarah Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670638467098084500noreply@blogger.com