Near Northside Gets Much-Needed Health Clinic

The facility is located at 3517 Irvington Blvd. in Houston’s urban core.

HOUSTON—In 2017, Near Northside was designated as one of five pilot neighborhoods for Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Complete Communities initiative, which focuses on ensuring Houston communities have the quality of life elements needed for residents to live and prosper in their own neighborhoods. These elements include adequate access to healthcare, educational resources, healthy groceries, parks and green space, quality public transit and economic opportunities. The initiative seeks to address these needed elements and includes provisions for sufficient affordable housing, which has become a growing concern across Houston, including in the Near Northside community.

Avenue, a local nonprofit dedicated to developing affordable homes, is collaborating with Legacy Community Health to bring a much-needed community health clinic to Near Northside. The facility is located at 3517 Irvington Blvd. in Houston’s urban core. The 6,200-square-foot facility, which will serve families in this traditionally low-income neighborhood, will open next year in Avenue Center, a mixed-use community resource center being developed by Avenue across from Moody Park.