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Donor gives Portland House for Skagway senior center; clinic plans pharmacy, clinic and assisted living
Summary
Virginia Long donated use of the historic Portland House to establish a senior center in Skagway. Dahl Memorial Clinic director Al Wall outlined a three-phase plan that includes a retail pharmacy (target July 1 opening), a walk-in clinic and three assisted-living apartments funded by a mix of grants, billing and pharmacy revenue.
Al Wall, director of the Dahl Memorial Clinic, told the Skagway Municipality Civic Affairs Committee on March 26 that donor Virginia Long has donated the use of the Portland House to create a senior center that preserves the building’s history and houses health and supportive services. "Virginia Long has generously donated the use of the Portland House … to start and establish a senior center in Skagway," Wall said.
The plan is staged in three phases. Wall said the first step is an estimate and targeted renovation of a large front room off 5th Avenue that still needs finishing. Phase one also includes opening a retail pharmacy in a storefront currently leased by the Skagway Development Council; Wall said the pharmacy, with an interactive teller machine provided by Tongass Federal Credit Union, is…
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