The opening of a new neighborhood pharmacy doesn’t seem like a big deal. It is, though, when thousands of pharmacies – including those in chains like Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy – are closing all over the country.
That’s why Neighborhood Family Practice – an independent provider of affordable healthcare with six locations on Cleveland’s west side – is celebrating a new pharmacy that opened last month in its clinic at Lorain Avenue and West 130th Street.
The clinic itself opened in March 2025 and is now fully staffed with four primary-care physicians, three dentists, two therapists and one psychiatrist. The pharmacy, complete with a drive-thru, is the final ingredient…