In the Headlines

September 7, 2018 -  Of nine Finger Lakes counties, Monroe already has the highest percentage of adults who get the flu vaccine. But that figure could be higher, if results of a national survey hold true in this area. In Monroe County, 46.1 percent of adults ages 18 and older were immunized in 2016, according to data from Common Ground Health. Ontario (45.7 percent), Livingston (44.6 percent) and Seneca (44.2 percent) also all were better than the Finger Lakes average. Yates County had the lowest (29.3 percent).

September 1, 2018 -  Devon Reynolds Sr. is a barber by trade but he believes he was born to help others. On Sunday afternoon, the salon distributed free food and hair cuts, in addition to backpacks with school supplies for younger and High school students. He teamed up with two of his mentors Jackie Dozier, Minority AIDS Initiative coordinator, and Phyllis Jackson, a registered nurse, Common Ground Health sponsor, and a community health educator. “When he first told me that he wanted to start a food pantry, I said, 'a food pantry in the barbershop?' " said Jackson, "but that’s the kind of man he is and the way he thinks."

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 22, 2018 - More than 1 million people spread across Rochester’s nine

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