A new pharmacy has opened in Fenelon Falls today and it’s brought the community one step closer to being able to purchase the building that houses it.
The Fenelon Falls Community Pharmacy at 205 Francis Street E officially opened inside the Fenelon Medical Centre. Morris Samuel and his wife Rhonda own the Pharmacy along with another one in Little Britain. City of Kawartha Lakes Mayor Andy Letham and Councillor Doug Elmslie were on hand for the ribbon cutting.
“It’s great to have the Fenelon Community Pharmacy here and part of the value is in their name. says Mike Perry, Chair of the Fenelon Community Wellness Co-op. It’s very important, we all know how important pharmacy care is to our overall health and to have the convenience right here really improves access to medical care and pharmacy care.
The Fenelon Medical Centre has one Doctor, a Nurse Practitioner, a Dentist, lab and Xray services. An acupuncturist is on the way. The Fenelon Community Wellness Co-Op hopes to be able to purchase the Medical Centre on behalf of the community. “When we first heard the Medical Centre was for sale, it made a lot of us nervous but then we thought we will make lemonade.” says Mike Perry. We thought what an opportunity and we put together a co-op that is trying to raise funding so the community can purchase the building.”
And the addition of the new pharmacy means they are one step closer. ” We are going to issue of fashioned community bonds and now with the addition the Fenelon Community Pharmacy as a tenant we are almost at the point where we can go out with our bonds and offer a good return on investment,” Perry says.
Perry says this is an important move for the community. Any money generated from the ownership and rental of the building would intimately go back into the community.
