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Healthy Communities
Massachusetts Institute 2001
Healthy Communities Massachusetts is pleased to announce the awarding
of full and partial
scholarships to four new communities that will participate in the HCM
Institute in 2001. The
communities chosen are Somerville,
Marlboro, Barre and Martha’s Vineyard. Each community submitted an excellent application to the
Institute, which showed interest in healthy communities, the diversity
of the teams, grassroots engagement, a history of collaboration, community
strengths and a commitment to moving forward.
Somerville’s team
is led by Genita Johnson, of the Somerville Health Department, and will
build on the work of the Somerville Community Health Agenda. One of their
goals is to build a team of leaders for healthy communities in Somerville.
Denise Frizzell, of Choices Wellness Community Center, leads Marlboro’s
team. The Marlboro team stated that “...we hope to accomplish
positive change by uniting citizens, organizations, and all stakeholders
around a shared vision of our City.”
Joe Stenger, M.D., of the Barre Health Center, leads the Barre
team, which has been meeting
over the past year to improve their beautiful rural community. They have
already held some public meetings and begun their community visioning
process. Suzanne Cashman, from the University of Massachusetts Medical
School, has been working with this team.
The Martha’s Vineyard team
has been working together for the past three years to build a healthy
community and specifically to develop an island-based health plan. Their
team leader is Ned Robinson-Lynch, of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.
Their team includes the CEO of the hospital, a Selectman, and their County
Administrator.
We welcome all these teams to the Institute and look forward to our work
with them in the year
ahead.
Special thanks to our selection
committee: Suzanne Cashman, Peter Lee, Gretchen Kinder, Pam Cruz and Michael
Coughlin.
To find out more about Healthy Communities Massachusetts Institute call 413-253-4283 or email us
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