Quinault Indian Nation opens new wellness center in Aberdeen

In October, the Quinault Indian Nation opened the doors to its new $20 million wellness center at 511 West Heron St. in Aberdeen.

The Quinault Wellness Center is an outpatient facility designed to address the opioid epidemic, which disproportionately affects indigenous communities, through evidence-based holistic substance use treatment. The project was fully funded by the Quinault Indian Nation.

The 18,000-square-foot facility was designed by Rice Fergus Miller and built by Abbott Construction. The project is an adaptive reuse of an existing 40-year-old structure which has been completely gutted and renovated.

The architect describes the new center as having a modern aesthetic which has “created an immediate impact” on Aberdeen’s downtown core. It has a unique facade, painted red and overlain with a series of tall metal pillars, some of which are etched with indigenous designs. The design team also includes Open Square. Many local subcontractors worked on the project including Quigg Bros, Rognlin’s Inc. and MB Electric.

The new center offers wrap-around care for tribal members and local residents. In addition to its main function as a medication-assisted treatment facility (MAT), the center provides primary care, dental, behavioral health care, and childcare to the surrounding community. The clinic can serve up to 250 patients a day.

The recently completed MAT facility is phase one of a larger vision to create a healing campus at the site. Rice Fergus Miller has designed a master plan for the full site build-out which would include an expansion of the center.

Emma Hinchliffe can be reached by email or by phone at (206) 622-8272.