GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A new community clinic in downtown Green Bay will welcome patients this week.
Construction on the N.E.W. Community Clinic at 611 N. Broadway began last year on the clinic’s 50th year anniversary.
The $4.5 million clinic, adjacent to the New Community Shelter, will provide medical and behavioral health care services to greater Green Bay residents who are uninsured or unable to afford medical care.
Officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday before it opens Thursday.
The clinic sees about 5,000 people annually in its medical, dental and behavioral health programs and an additional 5,000 people are seen annually in its Women Infant and Children (WIC) program.
The clinic says out of 264,000 people living in Brown County, about 8.5% of those people are living in poverty, which is about 20,000 people.
