Tepeyac Community Health Center will continue providing healthcare to Elyria-Swansea residents but in a bigger space

About six years ago, the Urban Land Conservancy purchased a six-acre industrial lot, that spreads from 48th and Race to 48th and Gaylord, in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood.

The real estate nonprofit asked residents what they’d like to see on the site and the answers were unsurprising:

• Affordable housing — need in an area poised for gentrification;
• A grocery store because the area has been a food desert for decades;
• And more access to healthcare.

A quick Google search of healthcare providers in the 80216 zip code doesn’t have many results, but at the top of the list is one place that’s been providing the neighborhood with healthcare needs since 1995: Tepeyac Community Health Center.

So, when the ULC was looking for something to anchor their new development, while also keeping in mind residents’ request, Tepeyac made the cut in 2018.