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Cottage Grove Initiative, New Hope Development Group, Mustard Seed Community Health

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Healthy Cottage Grove: Bold Upstream Integrated Local Data- driven

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Cottage Grove residents & partners: organized for health

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Neighborhood Residents and Partners

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Hampton Elementary, new community garden Future home of Mustard Seed Community Health Barber Park & new Hayes-Taylor YMCA Nanotechnology Research campus Stream, could be new walking trail to school if clean up trash & build bridge Renovated apartments Future community centerclinic, food market, exercise s Cottage Grove challenges & resources

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Challenges: need safe walking for transportation and exercise Lots of streets that dont connect and unsafe footpaths Bus stop on busy road without sidewalks

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Challenges: need to clean up trash for safety and pride Furniture thrown into creekDumping by roadside

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Resources: places for Mustard Seed Clinic and future community center New Hope is providing space in church building, pending zoning change New Hope owns this land that will be used for the community center

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Resources: places for learning and nurturing healthy lives Hampton Elementary is building a community garden All Gods Children 24/7 day care home supports families of youngest residents

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Challenges to resources: restoring substandard housing to healthy homes Condemned apartmentAfter rehabilitation

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Opportunities Community-Centered Health Home planning grant awarded by BCBSNC Foundation, opportunity to apply for multi-year implementation funds Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving grant awarded by EPA for reducing asthma hospitalizations through healthy homes and development of neighborhood leaders CommunityWINS application to Wells-Fargo, nominated by Mayor Vaughan BUILD Health Challenge application!