Residents take a tour of the new MercyOne Albert Lea Family Medicine & Specialty Care clinic inside the John & Susan Morrison Medical Plaza on Saturday. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Kristin Flatness, the new clinic manager, speaks to tour participants Saturday in the front lobby area. Flatness said patients will have the opportunity to check themselves in ahead of time or on mobile devices to make the process simpler and faster. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Staff will have working stations in the center of the patient rooms. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

The patient rooms at the new MercyOne clinic feature two doors — one door where patients will enter and one where doctors or staff will enter. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

The patient rooms are each labeled with a number. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Volunteers hand out cookies and punch at the end of the open tour Saturday. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

MercyOne staff hand out bags and other items to people Saturday taking the tour. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

The MercyOne clinic closed at the end of the year, and Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition trustees have been busy recruiting new providers to the space. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune