EvergreenHealth has been our community's trusted source for hospital and other health care since 1972.
As our community has grown from 22,000 to over 300,000 residents, EvergreenHealth too has grown – greatly expanding medical and other health services, as well as physician practices. Now, EvergreenHealth is a large two-hospital system in a public hospital district, operating in an extremely complex health care environment and providing care to nearly 600,000 people each year.
However, EvergreenHealth's five-member elected governing Board has not expanded since the District was formed in 1967. By comparison, a health system of EvergreenHealth's size and scope would normally have as many as 10-15 Board members.
Expansion of the Board of Commissioners will help provide EvergreenHealth the governance and oversight required to continue its 44-year legacy of exceptional care and health services to our community, and approval will have no impact on the District's tax levy.
As the community grows in size, diversity and complexity, increasing the Board by two members will mirror that growth and help continue to meet the needs and broaden the viewpoint and representation of the community.
We urge you to vote "yes."
Submitted by: Shirley Ferguson, Bill Woods, Dave Witt
