{"id":14389,"date":"2026-06-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/?p=14389"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:29:29","slug":"baycoast-bank-supports-new-bedford-community-healths-primary-care-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/newsroom\/baycoast-bank-supports-new-bedford-community-healths-primary-care-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"BayCoast Bank Supports New Bedford Community Health\u2019s Primary Care Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-resource-hero-1Bs9Qr wp-block-lazyblock-resource-hero\"><div class=\"noHero\" style=\"height: 10rem;\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"smallWrapper gutenberg\">\n\t    \n\t    <div class=\"categories flex\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h6\" style=\"margin-right: 2rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/resource\/newsroom\">Newsroom<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"primaryColor dot h6\" style=\"transform: scale(2.2); \">\u00b7<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h6\" style=\"margin-left: 2rem;\">\t\t\t\t22 de junio de 2026        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t    \n\t    <h1 class=\"h2 blue bgWhite\" style=\"max-width: 50rem\">BayCoast Bank Supports New Bedford Community Health\u2019s Primary Care Expansion<\/h1>\n\t    \n\t    <hr style=\"margin-bottom: 7rem;\">\n\t  \n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\" style=\"justify-content: center; max-width: 90rem;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image.jpg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"BayCoast Bank Supports New Bedford Community Health\u2019s Primary Care Expansion\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/>\n  \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-interior-content-Z3NzHh wp-block-lazyblock-interior-content\"><div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"paddedWrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper flex gutenberg\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"smallWrapper gutenberg\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h3\">New primary care facility will serve thousands more patients across the Greater New Bedford area.<\/div>\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  \t<hr style=\"margin-bottom: 5rem;\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a8a4b1f\" data-block-id=\"a8a4b1f\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">NEW BEDFORD, MA \u2014 Access to quality healthcare is essential to building strong, thriving communities. Recognizing the growing need for primary care services across the Greater New Bedford area, BayCoast Bank is proud to support New Bedford Community Health (NBCH) and its <em>More Access, Better Care \u2013 Building for a Healthier Future<\/em> capital campaign.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative will help transform a long-vacant former retail property into a modern primary care center, expanding access to essential healthcare services for thousands of local residents. Once complete, the new facility will allow NBCH to serve approximately 3,000 additional patients each year, while enhancing care coordination, improving patient experience, and supporting long-term community health outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt BayCoast Bank, strengthening our community is at the heart of everything we do,\u201d said John McMahon, Senior Vice President, Community Engagement. \u201cNew Bedford Community Health plays a vital role in ensuring access to quality healthcare, and we are proud to support this expansion as it works to meet the growing needs of the Greater New Bedford community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBCH\u2019s expansion project comes at a critical time, as demand for primary care continues to rise across the South Coast. By increasing capacity and modernizing its facilities, the organization will play an important role in reducing barriers to care and improving health outcomes for residents across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are deeply grateful to BayCoast Bank for their generous $100,000 commitment and their investment in the health of our community,\u201d said Cheryl Bartlett, Chief Executive Officer of New Bedford Community Health. \u201cAccess to primary care is foundational to a thriving community. This support helps ensure that more individuals and families can receive timely, high-quality care close to home. BayCoast understands what it means to be a true community partner, and we are proud to work alongside them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>More Access, Better Care<\/em> campaign continues to build momentum, with more than $4.8 million raised toward its $6.95 million goal. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2026, with the new facility anticipated to open in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the campaign or to make a gift, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnbchc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gnbchc.org<\/a> or contact Rhonda Veugen at rhondaveugen@gnbchc.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About BayCoast Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-23fdd4b\" data-block-id=\"23fdd4b\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Established in Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1851, BayCoast Bank&nbsp;is celebrating 175 years as a respected community savings bank. Now headquartered in Swansea, Massachusetts, BayCoast has earned a strong reputation for excellence by providing exceptional financial products and services to the people and businesses on the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island through 25 convenient branch locations and loan production offices, with more coming soon. BayCoast Bank offers a family of comprehensive financial solutions through its subsidiaries:&nbsp;BayCoast Mortgage, BayCoast Financial Services,&nbsp;BayCoast Insurance, Plimoth Investment Advisors,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Priority Funding. To learn more, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\">baycoast.bank&nbsp;<\/a>or call 508-678-7641.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing the growing need for primary care services across the Greater New Bedford area, BayCoast Bank is proud to support New Bedford Community Health (NBCH) and its More Access, Better Care \u2013 Building for a Healthier Future capital campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":14392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"class_list":["post-14389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image.jpg",1920,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image-300x125.jpg",300,125,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image-768x320.jpg",768,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image-1024x427.jpg",1024,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image-1536x640.jpg",1536,640,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Bedford-Community-Healths-Capital-Campaign-press-release-image.jpg",1920,800,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Recognizing the growing need for primary care services across the Greater New Bedford area, BayCoast Bank is proud to support New Bedford Community Health (NBCH) and its More Access, Better Care \u2013 Building for a Healthier Future capital campaign.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/.\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsroom<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"BayCoast Marketing","url":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/author\/marketingbaycoastbank-com\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comentarios","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 21:38:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14395,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389\/revisions\/14395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}