Brockton Neighborhood Health Center’s Vicente’s Clinic - Brockton, MA

Brockton, MA DiGiorgio Associates Inc., (DAI) recently completed work on Brockton Neighborhood Health Center’s Vicente’s Clinic. This project consists of the design of a satellite clinic located adjacent to Vicente’s Tropical Grocery, working in unison to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Brockton Neighborhood Health Center’s main location has grown past capacity and this satellite Primary Care Clinic will allow BNHC to provide increased care to the citizens.

DAI was responsible for design of the interior of the building addition, and worked in partnership with BKA Architects, core/shell architect for the project. The construction cost was $1.7 million and the square footage is 13,000 s/f.

In addition to the primary clinic space, DAI teamed up with BNHC and Vicente’s Tropical Grocery to create a nutrition demonstration kitchen located at the heart of the primary care clinic. The primary focus for this project is improving patients’ well-being through education. Two to three times a day, BNHC will host a cooking demonstration in the kitchen for the patients and public to attend. Chefs from the grocery store will instruct the primarily Caribbean heritage clientele on how to prepare their traditional recipes with less sugar, healthier ingredients and creative recipe substitutions. Staff from the grocery store will then assist BNHC patients with shopping for the fresh produce and ingredients they have learned about. In addition, to help reduce costs, the grocery and health center plan to implement a reward system to make healthy eating more affordable. 

DiGiorgio Associates Inc. is a Boston-based full-service healthcare architectural, engineering and interior design firm founded in 1984. DAI teamed up with Brockton Neighborhood Health Center on their main 58,000 s/f health center and numerous other projects over the past 15 years and is proud to help serve their community well into the future.