Symbol Health Clinic Getting New Building In Foley

The Foley City Council has approved plans to build a new building for the Symbol Health Clinic on municipal property on East Rose Avenue. The clinic is now located east of the Foley Dog Park at the intersection of South Chicago Street and East Orange Avenue. Relocating the health clinic is one of the first steps in building Foley’s new library. Foley will start construction in 2024 on a $20-million library to be built at the current clinic site. City officials considered two sites for the clinic’s relocation. The alternative would have been to put the building near the former Alabama National Guard armory. Mayor Ralph Hellmich said putting the clinic on the East Rose Avenue parcel will allow other uses for Foley property near the armory, which the city plans to renovate to use for public recreation space and municipal offices. The city will tear down an unused house now on the site and construct an approximately 1,960 ft2 modular building. Most of the existing trees will be retained.