EDMONDS—Verdant Health Commissioners celebrated the completion of the two-year, $9 million, renovation of the Kruger Medical Building, located on the Providence-Swedish Edmonds Campus, with a renaming ceremony dedicated to former Public Hospital Commissioner Fredrick “Fred” Peter Langer. Snohomish County Public Hospital District No. 2, now operates as Verdant Health Commission.

“I love that this facility is being renamed for an individual who said, ‘We have a need in this community, and we can and should do better,’ and he set out to do it,” Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen said at the dedication ceremony. “I love that Verdant looked at this building and said we need to do better, and we can, and we should, and we did, and it shows.”

Mayor Rosen emphasized his appreciation to the healthcare work

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