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

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 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 -  “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 -  Genesee Valley Greenway, a 90

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

August 1, 2018 - In this multimedia story by the Catholic Courier, numbers from cited from the Common Ground Health opiod issue brief and that Common Ground Health, a Rochester

July 31, 2018 -  In this week's Healthy Places by Design blog, Phil Bors reached out to Wade Norwood, who recently became Common Ground Health’s new CEO, to talk about what makes a leader a facilitative leader. Wade shared great pieces of wisdom and a touching story about his son. 

July 24, 2018 - July 24, 2018 - The third annual PlayROCs Your Neighborhood event was held over the weekend, which helps prioritize activity and playing at sites across the city in spaces that might not be thought of as traditional play areas. Jenn Beideman is the Advocacy Manager for Healthi Kids Coalition at Common Ground Health, and said there were a number of activities to choose from. Beideman says the initiative is all about reclaiming play areas in urban spaces.

July 21, 2018 - Thirty

July 21, 2018 -  Kids were out and about at one of 32 “PlayROCs Your Neighborhood" safe spaces spread through the city of Rochester, which was organized by Common Ground Health and Healthi Kids Coalition. The goal of the program is to ensure a safe space for children to play, eat some healthy snacks and get fit. The tradition began 3 years ago and organizers say it will continue to grow every year.