In the Headlines

August 4, 2020 - Common Ground Health, Foodlink, and the City of Rochester's primary goal of the food policy council will be to identify gaps and opportunities to expand equitable access to quality food.

August 3, 2020 - Daily screenings is one of the issues the Finger Lakes Reopening Schools Safely Task Force has grappled with.

August 1, 2020 - Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health said “By pooling the resources and collective wisdom of our entire region, we are committing ourselves to an extraordinary effort on behalf of our students."

July 31, 2020 - "Task force members have worked and will continue working together to make sure that students and their families and our educational professionals are protected in body and in mind as we reopen schools during these very unprecedented times,” says Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health

July 31, 2020 - The Finger Lakes School Reopening Safely Task Force convened by Common Ground Health will provide a hub for updated COVID-19 data and best practices.

July 31, 2020 - The task force, convened by Common Ground Health, is to help ensure the health and safety of students, staff and the larger community by sharing approaches, experiences, and when possible, resources.

July 31, 2020 - “Advancing in this national competition is a recognition of how we’ve knocked down the walls that separated the doctor’s office from the community," says Common Ground Health CEO Wade Norwood.

July 30, 2020 - The ROC COVID survey shows our region is moving in the right direction. Albert Blankley, Common Ground Health says "So what that means folks are telling us that they're feeling generally healthy and we're not seeing a whole lot of symptoms that are associated with COVID-19."

July 30, 2020 - Convened by Common Ground Health, the Finger Lakes Reopening Schools Safely Task Force's goal is to help individual districts work with and learn from one another as their students return to the classroom.

July 30, 2020 - Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health was joined by local leaders in announcing a new task force designed to support the reopening process of area schools in 13 counties.

July 30, 2020 - Common Ground Health's CEO, Wade Norwood announced a new initiative called Finger Lakes Reopening Schools Safely Task Force.

July 30, 2020 - Common Ground Health convenes a task force of 40 education, health, and government leaders from 13 counties to ensure school reopening decisions are guided by the latest scientific data on COVID-19.