Intermountain Health Breaks Ground on New Desert Color Primary Care Clinic to Enhance Access to Care

May 30, 2025 at 13:41 PM EDT

New Intermountain Health Desert Color Primary Care Clinic will enhance asccess to care for growing southwest Utah communities.

(PRUnderground) May 30th, 2025

Leaders and caregivers held a special groundbreaking ceremony today for the newest facility in southwest Utah, the Intermountain Health Desert Color Parkway Clinic – Primary Care, which will increase access to vital medical services for area residents.

Surrounded by state and county leaders, participants used ceremonial shovels to turn the first dirt on the new medical expansion in Southern Washington County.

The new Intermountain primary clinic will serve as immediate need for the growing St. George community. The 35-acre lot will also provide space for a future medical campus to expand to include a freestanding emergency department after the opening of the Primary Clinic.

The project will be managed by Jacobsen Construction.

“This is our longstanding commitment to the community of our mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible,” said Natalie Ashby, president of St. George Regional Hospital and the Southwest market for Intermountain Health. “This area has been growing immensely, and we are working to make healthcare as accessible as we can.”

The Desert Color development is becoming a pivotal community area with retail stores, entertainment, offices, restaurants, and recreational selections. Desert Colors is already building into a hub for the major population growth that St. George, and surrounding cities, have seen and projected to come for the foreseeable future.

Intermountain’s new clinic will bring care closer to home for the growing community.

“Our mission to help people live the healthiest lives possible begins with the relationship you have with your primary care provider. Our proactive care approach starts with bringing accessible care to the communities we serve,” said Jeremy Cox, market vice president of medical group operations for primary care for Intermountain’s Health’s Desert Region. “As your partner in healthcare, our caregivers are dedicated to ensuring your unique needs are met on your wellness journey.”

The primary clinic, which is expected to open by summer of 2026, will offer more family medicine and internal medicine services to the St. George community. The clinic space is located directly southeast off exit 2 on I-15.

“Desert Color’s primary mission is to ‘build a better community.’ And while having unique recreational amenities is great, having an Intermountain Health Primary Care Clinic and campus in Desert Color that can provide ready-access to health and wellness professionals and services is a priceless value-add to the community,” said Daniel Lemich, general manager of Desert Color.

“The SunRiver St George Community is excited about the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony for the Intermountain Health Desert Color Parkway Clinic,” said Doug Brown, president of the Board of Trustees for SunRiver St George Community Association, Inc. “We are pleased that this new facility will bring essential healthcare services to the rapidly growing southern region of St. George, enhancing access to medical care for residents of SunRiver and surrounding communities.”

The public can keep up to date with the location and find services at intermountainhealth.org.

About Intermountain Health

Headquartered in Utah with locations in six states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, approximately 400 clinics, medical groups with some 4,600 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plans division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is committed to improving community health and is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes at sustainable costs. For up-to-date information and announcements, please see the Intermountain Health newsroom at https://intermountainhealthcare.org/news.

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