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These innovative solutions are addressing the unique health challenges of rural Michigan living

Many rural Michiganders face health disparities, but multiple organizations are creating new ways of structuring rural hospitals and clinics and reaching out to rural patients.

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Jared Myers (R), executive director of Heights CDC, and a local teen canvas the neighborhood. (Cole Bradley)
Facts and Feelings: The push to improve safety in The Heights

Safety is more than just crime stats, it’s also related to how neighbors feel about their community. Leaders in The Heights are targeting blight and relationships with law enforcement while investing in neighborliness to shift both the facts and perception of safety in their growing community. 

The Young Actors Guild performs "Rolling on the River" at Club Paradise in August 2017. (Andrea Morales)
Offstage, Young Actors Guild provides youth development for Memphis students

The Young Actors Guild opened its first brick-and-mortar location one year ago, but founder Chrysti Chandler is no stranger to the intersection of arts and youth development in Memphis.

Angel Jackson of Replenish Kombucha has been a regular vendor at the Downtown Farmers Market for two years. (Kim Coleman)
Inspired by her family’s health challenges, Memphis entrepreneur sells healthy kombucha tea

Angel Jackson hopes her business Replenish Kombucha breaks the sparkling, fermented tea out of niche health food stores and onto the streets and shelves of Memphis.

Dana Merriweather (L), Judy Conway (Center), Sidney Johnson discuss plans for the greenhouse located next to Johnson’s property on Gracewood St. (Natalie Eddings)
In photos: The gardens of Mitchell Heights

Visit two Mitchell Heights gardens growing food, flowers, and community alongside the Mitchell Heights Neighborhood Association and its handful of dedicated members. 

Supported by a $3.9 million Aging Initiative Grant, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis completed 374 aging-in-place home repairs for Shelby County seniors. (Submitted)
Plough Foundation’s $12 million Aging Initiative finds success in supporting Memphis seniors

Programs funded with $12 million in Aging Initiative grants from the Plough Foundation have garnered state and national attention for the impact they’ve had on the lives of Shelby County seniors.

A first-grade student peeks around the corner at a pop-up performance held at Treadwell Elementary School as his classmates line up behind him. (Renier Otto)
De fotos: The Heights celebra la herencia hispana mes

Toma un tour a través de América Latina y España con los estudiantes de treadwell la escuela primaria para celebrar la herencia hispana mes.

A first-grade student peeks around the corner at a pop-up performance held at Treadwell Elementary School as his classmates line up behind him. (Renier Otto)
In photos: The Heights celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Take a tour through Spain and Latin America with the students of Treadwell Elementary School to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Children play at Pursuit of God Church while their parents attend class next door. The new program teaches about language and brain development for children zero to 30 months. (Agape)
Gift of gab: Frayser children reach for kindergarten readiness before they learn to talk

A new program in Frayser is using technology to build kids' conversation skills before they’ve even learned to talk. Partners at Agape and University of Memphis say talking is critical to healthy growth and kindergarten readiness and helps underprivileged families level the educational playing field.

Crystal Bullard’s children started preschool and elementary school at Whitney Achievement Elementary School last year. (Caroline Bauman/Chalkbeat Tennessee)
When students miss school, they fall behind. Here’s how one group is curbing absenteeism.

Agape, a Memphis nonprofit, works with students at Whitney Achievement Elementary and 15 other schools to help students with attendance and behavior.

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