Congratulations to Hunter Gee on his reappointment as Vice Chair of the Metro Nashville Planning Commission!

Metro Nashville and Smith Gee Studio celebrate the groundbreaking of MDHA’s Ryman Lofts at Rolling Mill Hill October 5, 2011.

Downtown Clinic receives major — and attractive — transformation

The new lookof the United Neighborhood Health Services Downtown Clinic — everything from the materials used to the color schemes to the lighting — is meant to be calm and soothing. It should be, given that its patients have lives that are anything but.

“Life on the streets is traumatic,” said Bill Friskics-Warren, UNHS director of homeless services, when asked about the concepts to transform the facility from an outdated and even depressing space to one that is pleasant and functional. 

Nashville-based Smith Gee Studio handled design work for the clinic, which just reopened and joins another updated member of its neighborhood, Room In the Inn. 

“Transformation is probably a better word than renovation to describe the changes the Downtown Clinic has undergone,” Friskics-Warren said. “The space has been completely reconfigured to improve not just patient care, but the entire patient experience — comfort, aesthetics, etc. — as well.”  >read more<