St. Mary's Health Center is a lesson in tackling a serious need because the community trusted us. The faility began as a small room, not the large center it is now.

In 2000 St. Joseph's/Candler started giving simple health screens like blood-pressure checks at the St. Mary's Community Center in the Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood.  We wanted to help people in the predominatly African-American neighborhood take on health issues unique to them.

More and more people came. We moved across the street to a bigger space. Then in 2008 we moved to a more central location on Drayton Street with 3,600 square feet.