Columbia Basin Health Associates officials said the goal is to complete construction on the new Othello clinic by mid-October. OTHELLO - Construction crews are installing cabinets in some sections, painting and plastering the walls in others in some sections the carpet has been installed. Photo taken by Dee Caputo.Dulcye Field, chief operations officer for Columbia Basin Health Association, shows off a partially-completed medical exam room at the new CBHA clinic now under construction in Othello. Image: Othello High School students reviewing medical clinic site plans. Supporting materials include: a detailed project description, site plans, regulations and questionsįor more information contact: Travis Goddard, Community Development Director at the City of Othello, or 50 or Dee Caputo, Senior Planner at the Washington State Department of Commerce An added bonus was the engagement of a traditionally underrepresented population in a local planning process. In all, approximately 100 students participated in the planning exercise giving them an opportunity to explore their interests, stretch their thinking in a technical field and cultivate an appreciation for community participation in fair and open processes. Both of these contributed to the success of exercise. The exercise by design was both open-ended yet focused with information that was detailed yet simplified making the content accessible to the students. These moments were transformed into excitement as they talked about their conclusions, and students living near the site commented on how they had personally experienced development impacts, but hadn’t realized it.īeing tied to a property the students knew and a service provider they had all used, the project was personal and relevant to students’ lives. Students literally had “ah-ha” moments as each discipline brought its piece of the puzzle to bear on the problem. After thinking critically about the questions, each group identified at least one issue and described how that issue was being addressed by the proposed development.
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Each group was given applicable code regulations, site plans and a series of questions to consider. They also learned that planning is a practice involving multiple disciplines, and that planning involves a partnership between public and private sectors to bring about community benefits.ĭuring the exercise, each student got to self-select a particular discipline and put on either a traffic engineering hat, an environmental protection hat or a land use planner hat. In the process, students developed an understanding of the tie between specific site decisions and community wide impacts. Students reviewed development plans for a 77,000 square foot medical clinic building run by a non-profit organization that serves the local community. Planners from the City of Othello and Washington State Department of Commerce provided an introduction to planning to Othello High School students enrolled in the Design and Beyond class and the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. Othello High School Students Review Plans for Local Medical Clinic
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