COVID-19 setbacks and losses have not been able to diminish the optimism of neighborhood innovator Tammy Black. The Jefferson Chalmers resident is drawing on the strength of her community to sustain plans for the construction of a treehouse community center and advocate for horticultural therapy.
Eighteen Michigan laboratories are collaborating with dozens of municipalities and health departments to detect COVID-19 outbreaks before local health care systems are overwhelmed. In West Michigan, the effort involves molecular biologists, waste water experts, interns, and a plumber.
New wayfinding signs are encouraging public housing residents to get out and walk routes in their neighborhoods, as part of a greater effort to promote physical activity and healthier lifestyles.
For these essential workers, social distancing is impossible – and personal protective equipment (PPE) is both indispensable and alarmingly difficult to obtain.
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