Northside, a HLM target neighborhood, prides itself in community togetherness. The community is where public health begins and they seem to excel at this, so this is where we must set our focus.  

HLM project staff, Jennifer Hadayia and Dalton McInnis experienced this community togetherness when they attended the inaugural State of the Northside address on June 6th where they voted on healthy options for the Northside community. When all was said and done, the neighborhood agreed that childhood obesity ranks the highest amongst the community's health concerns.   

The propelling force of this process is GO Health, a resident-driven community group with ambitions to capitalize on connectivity and access to healthy options. Their initiative is inspired by ideas on how to putting the "GO" instead of "NO" into making healthy decisions. Randall Ellis of Avenue CDC would like the team to focus on increasing access to health resources through outreach events.  

The GO Health team plans to host a health event to kick off this reborn group on July 21st (see Upcoming Events for more details). For more information about this and other initiatives in Northside, please contact Randall Ellis at [email protected].