Centralia Pharmacy opened May 15, 2017, in the 400 block of South Tower Avenue.
Centralia Pharmacy won the National Community Pharmacists Association Innovation Center Excellence (NICE) Award for Best External Remodel this year. The competition was created to recognize pharmacies for efforts to better serve their communities and enhance their value.
“Congratulations to Centralia Pharmacy and part-owner and manager Will Quinby for earning the NICE Award for Best External Remodel,” said Kurt Proctor, president of the NCPA Innovation Center, in a press release. “The NICE Awards spotlight the best of community pharmacy branding and marketing — the innovations and redesigns that have made promotions more effective and patients’ experiences more rewarding.”
Quinby became the manager when Centralia Pharmacy opened on May 15. Since that time, they have painted the exterior, repaired some siding, added parking, did landscaping and added signage. The pharmacy filled the Tower Avenue location left vacant by the former Hall’s Pharmacy.
“My philosophy is we are going to win people over with how we treat them and how we take care of them,” said Quinby in a press release. “But first impressions matter. You don’t want them to walk in and wonder if the business has staying power. You can’t control everyone’s opinion, but you want to give them as few as reasons as possible to have a negative feeling when they come into the pharmacy.”
