Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and Foundation history

Then based in Cornelius, the single-clinic provided service to 6,000 people in 1987 on a budget of $800,000.

In 1988, the trust gave the center $220,000 as part of the trust's Children at Risk program.

In 1994, the organization expanded with a new clinic in McMinnville.

Virginia Garcia added dental services to its offerings in April 1997 after opening two dental examination rooms.

The organization had grown to 47 employees in 1999.

The clinic started planning in 2001 to open a clinic in Hillsboro in a former juvenile home that had been operated by Washington County.

The 5,000-square-foot (460 m) clinic opened on West Main Street in March 2002, with expectations to serve 5,000 patients annually at the new location.

In March 2004, Virginia Garcia opened a new clinic in Beaverton after receiving an annual grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration in the amount of $759,500.

In June 2005, the Beaverton clinic expanded when OHSU moved out of the shared building, and in August of that year construction began on a larger clinic in McMinnville.

The organization moved the Hillsboro clinic to a new, larger location in October 2006.

Diana Walker was hired as the center's new executive director in April 2007, replacing Liz MacDonell who resigned the previous year.

In August 2008, employee Maria Loredo was presented a Healthcare Heroes Award by then Senator Gordon Smith in honor of Loredo's 30-years at Virginia Garcia.

The organization announced plans in August 2009 to build a new 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m) complex in Cornelius in order to consolidate all the Cornelius clinics and provide administrative offices.

The organization received a $12 million grant from the federal government in October 2010 to help pay for construction on the new 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m) complex.