Valley Medical Center staff, led by longtime CEO Rich Roodman, celebrated the impending grand opening Aug. 15 of its new Covington Clinic South with the Covington Chamber of Commerce, officials from the cities of Covington and Maple Valley, and representatives from the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce.

The clinic will officially open to the public Aug. 26 but VIPs got a sneak peak of the new facility, located behind Safeway and near Costco and Fred Meyer, including tours of the building which will be home to an urgent care facility as well as primary care physicians. It is sited on a 10 acre piece of property which Valley purchased in 2010 for $5 million from Ashton Development.