CHATHAM — A wellness center specializing in mental health support and servicing the city’s most vulnerable communities is open and accepting new clients on the South Side.

With the snip of a bright orange ribbon, Trilogy Wellness Center, 8541 S. State St., opened Thursday. The facility will provide crisis services for people with emergent needs, therapy, job placement assistance and outreach services to meet neighbors where they are and direct them to the resources they might need, leaders said.

The grand celebration comes nearly two years after Trilogy, a nonprofit community behavioral healthcare organization, announced it would repurpose the former Mercy Medical building in Chatham into a wellness support center.

Construction on the 24,000-square-foot center was completed in phases, a

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