In the Headlines

August 22, 2018 -  City officials have announced three more projects, this time having to do with play. One will create a "Corridor of Play" from the Genesee River east on Court Street, then south on Chestnut Street to the Strong Museum of Play. Strong Museum staff are involved in the Corridor planning, with representatives of Common Ground Health. Rochester is one of 11 communities in Western New York and Southeast Michigan sharing $1 million in grants to create unique, safe play areas, especially for children in poor areas.

August 21, 2018 -  Common Ground Health selected the Rochester Bike Share program for an HIA because it experienced rapid expansion during its first year. The study examined the program’s effects on residents’ physical activity, social cohesion, economic well

August 20, 2018 -  Play Streets is a community

August 16, 2018 - A walk down the Genesee Valley Greenway trail from Genesee Valley Park, which is a 90 mile stretch of greenery, seems like it goes off into eternity. Now somewhat obscure, the trail should become better known once the Genesee Transportation Council, in collaboration with Common Ground Health and the health impact assessment they prepared, turns a spotlight on the path.

August 15, 2018 - Common Ground Health's Healthi Kids Coalition will hold "PlayROC's Play Streets," a resident

August 13, 2018 - The Healthi Kids Coalition, an initiatve of Common Ground Health, transformed neighborhood blocks in Rochester into safe play areas. The first

August 13, 2018 -  The Healthi Kids Coalition, Beechwood Neighborhood Coalition and F

August 9, 2018 -  The Livingston County Department of Health and its partner agencies are encouraging residents to participant in a community health survey with Common Ground Health. Residents of the nine Finger Lakes counties served by Common Ground Health are being asked to take the survey. “The survey is an important tool to help us develop policies and programs that will improve the health of our region,” said Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health.

August 7, 2018 -  Genesee Valley Greenway, a 90

August 7, 2018 -  “We are spiritual beings having a human experience,” said Rev. Phyllis Jackson, a registered nurse who founded the Interdenominational Health Ministry Coalition and Common Ground Health's community wellness project manager. Jackson is the health professional at Walk and Talk with a Doc on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the Westside Farmer’s in the parking lot of St. Monica Church, 831 Genesee St. and will have a conversation with Democrat & Chronicle's health reporter which is on Facebook Live at facebook.com/DemocratandChronicle. 

August 7, 2018 -  Through Labor Day, residents in Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, Yates, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca and Steuben can take a survey that will shape their county’s health priorities for 2019 to 2021. My Health Story 2018 is being run by Common Ground Health, the regional health planning agency, and is funded by the state. More than 4,000 people have taken the survey since going online at MyHealthStory2018.com or mihistoriadesalud2018.com/.

August 3, 2018 -  Common Ground Health, a Rochester non