Community Resilience Center
Avalon Health Center - 6818 Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90003
You Spoke. We Listened.
Join Us For The Updates!
St. John’s Community Health is excited to share what’s next for the Avalon Health Access and Resilience Center! Thanks to your input, the final design reflects the needs and ideas of our community. If you’ve been involved from the start—or if you’re curious to learn more about the Resilience Center and the services it will provide—please join us for a public meeting to see the final design, hear updates, and discover how this center will serve our community.
You’re invited to attend:
Click here and complete the form to register.
TIME: 6:00pm-8:00pm
DATE: Friday, March 13th, 2026
LOCATION: In-Person at 6818 Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90003
LIGHT FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.
St. John’s Community Health is embarking on a journey to build a “community resilience center” in South LA. The new facility will be right next to our Avalon clinic, transforming this location to the Avalon Health Access and Resilience Center. We want to make sure that we are meeting your community’s needs! This past June, St. John’s hosted three public meetings to present the project concept and center design to community members. Across all meetings, over 150 people attended and shared their input and questions about the design and planned services. We thank all attendees for your thoughtful feedback and time. Your support is crucial to our success! Check out the presentation shared and suggestions from the community below.
What is a Community Resilience Center?
A community resilience center, or CRC, is a location that provides a safe space for community members to gather, access resources, and organize during climate and public health emergencies like heatwaves, wildfires, and earthquakes.
What services are offered at a Community Resilience Center?
Our CRC will have physical spaces to protect from the elements, such as cooling areas with shade and misters. Since the location is close to our Avalon Clinic, there is easy access to health and social services. We’ll also offer community education and workforce training on climate and emergency preparedness.
The Avalon Health Access and Resilience Center is supported by the California Strategic Grown Council’s Transformative Climate Communities Program in partnership with California Department of Conservation.