Mayor D.C. Reeves is asking the Pensacola City Council to give away a piece of city-owned land in west Pensacola on the condition that it becomes a medical and dental clinic, extending healthcare access into a corridor that currently has few walkable options for residents without reliable transportation.
Three coordinated agenda items go before the council at Thursday's April 9 meeting: declaring 801 W. Avery Street surplus property and authorizing the mayor to negotiate a direct transfer; adopting Resolution 2026-10, removing the parcel from the Pensacola Inner City Community Redevelopment Area; and approving a land donation agreement with Community Health Northwest Florida Foundation, Inc. All three were sponsored by Reeves and are operationally linked, each must pass for the transfer to complete.
Community Health Northwest Florida operates federally qualified health centers across Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, providing primary care, dental services and behavioral health on a sliding-scale fee structure regardless of ability to pay. Existing locations include a walk-in clinic at 14 W. Jordan St., a primary care facility at 2315 W. Jackson St. and a site at Longleaf Drive near George Stone. A facility at 801 W. Avery extends that footprint further into west Pensacola.
The federally qualified health center designation gives the organization access to federal drug pricing programs that reduce prescription costs and requires the center to serve patients regardless of insurance status. The city is effectively donating the land on the condition it becomes a clinic, no commercial buyer would accept those terms.
Thursday's council meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 222 W. Main St., and streams live at cityofpensacola.com/video.