Avenue of the Saints Animal Hospital moving to current Charles City Animal Clinic location

By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com

Charles City pet owners will be seeing some changes in their veterinary care starting in May.

After 25 years at the Charles City Animal Clinic, Dr. John Moellers is retiring and with him his clinic will close. However, his building will not be empty for long as the Avenue of the Saints Animal Hospital is preparing to move in.

“We’re so excited to be able to utilize that building and serve our communities in a way that we think is deserved,” said practice manager Brenda Gravdal.

Avenue of the Saints Animal Hospital has operated in Charles City for 10 years, along with a second location in Waverly. The staff of the veterinary clinic said they are eagerly anticipating their upcoming move to the new location.

“Everyone is looking forward to it,” said Jessica Viers. “It’s a bigger facility. There’s more space to treat the animals.”

Compared to their current facility, the new location has one more exam room, bigger kennels, and outdoor space to utilize.

The clinic staff have been gradually preparing for the move, which will take place over May 1 and 2, planning to re-open in the new location on May 5.

Along with providing more working space, the move will resolve a long-standing source of confusion for the veterinarian clinic. Charles City Animal Clinic sits at the very edge of the city, just past the Avenue of the Stains exit. Meanwhile, Avenue of the Saints Animal Hospital is on Grand Avenue, well within the city limits.

“I cannot tell you how many phone calls I would get,” said Viers.

Once the move happens, the discrepancy between names and locations will finally be gone.

“Now it makes total sense,” said Gravdal.

It won’t take long for the clinic to take full advantage of the additional workspace. Gravdal says that they will be adding a third doctor to their team in June, allowing the clinic to serve more animals.

“We’ll be having an open house sometime this summer as well.”

In the meantime, though it may be the same building, current patients at the Charles City Animal Clinic will need to pick up their pet’s records before the clinic closes. Whether they intend to transition their pet’s care to the Avenue of the Saints Animal Hospital or elsewhere, their pet’s records will need to be picked up before April 25.