From the basement of the Barren River District Health Department building on State Street to ultra-modern, 44,000-square-foot quarters on Natchez Trace Avenue near Lovers Lane, the Fairview Community Health Center has seen its share of growth and change during its 20 years of providing primary health care services to underserved populations.
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