I like to see an old retail building get a new lease on life.
I prefer to see almost any business activity instead of a vacant retail space. Activity beats no activity. A city is growing or it’s dying; there is not a third option.
We can see one such transformation happening in Fayetteville with long-closed pharmacies — mainly former Rite Aid locations — as they turn into health clinics as their next act.
FirstHealth Convenient Care operates at the intersection of Morganton and McPherson Church Roads, in a building that once housed a Rite Aid. The clinic provides treatment for urgent but non-life-threatening illnesses and family medical care needs, said Emily Sloan, a spokesperson for the FirstHealth hospital system headquartered in Moore County.
The clinic is its only Cumberland County location, she said, but it is one of nine clinics the system operates.
“The clinics aim to fill the void between a true emergency and preventative care,” she said.
The convenient care accepts all major insurances and is open from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., seven days a week for walk-ins, Sloan said.