The Country Doctor is now Seattle Roots Community Health. The community health center with facilities across Central Seattle and school-based health centers at Meany Middle School and Nova High School says the new name “honors over 53 years of serving the Capitol Hill and Central District neighborhoods with community-driven, culturally appropriate, patient-centered care regardless of their ability to pay.”

“As we’ve grown, we needed a new organizational name that builds on our legacy and encompasses all of our clinics and the broad range of care we provide,” the organization’s CEO Brandy Taylor said in a statement.

“The new name and identity were selected through a thoughtful and comprehensive process that included input from our staff, patients, and community stakeholders and is intended to reflect how our past, present and future are rooted in the communities we serve.”

The Seattle Roots organization operates the Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center, Country Doctor Community Clinic, After Hours Clinic, the 2019-opened Dental Clinic, and the Seattle STEP (Support, Treatment, Education & Pride) Clinic, as well as the school-based centers.

It has grown from community clinics started by Black Panther and community activists in the late ’60s and early ’70s. In 1971, Country Doctor was formed on Capitol Hill and called 15th Ave’s Fire Station 7 home along with the early roots of Capitol Hill Housing.

In 2020, the Capitol Hill developer of affordable housing also took on a similar new name and is now known as Community Roots Housing.

Learn more at seattleroots.org.