Story by emmaa.cooke A new birth center recently opened its doors to the Triangle community. Located along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Birth Center will offer a safe alternative to hospital births, but it’s not the first maternity health organization to occupy the space. The Women’s Birth and Wellness Center operated in the 930 Martin Luther King Jr. spot for nearly three decades before closing in 2022. Ariel Swift, the Director of Outreach and Education for Birth Partners, INC., said it was not intentional for the new NCBC to occupy the same location, but a happy coincidence. During an open house event last week, Swift said the fact was an advantage in terms of designing the new center since the space had already been set up to be one. And what was especially apparent to the new occupant was the community’s response. “All through construction we’ve had people in the community stop by and say, “I had my baby here. “Can we see what’s going ...