Healthy Communities

A hit with anglers, U.P. fish hatcheries reel in tourists, too

It's been a successful fish stocking season for the Upper Peninsula and Michigan. Three U.P hatcheries contributed to that success and are luring anglers and visitors curious about the operations.

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The new Commongrounds building on Eighth Street in Traverse City.
Commongrounds uses co-op model to serve missing needs of the community

Traverse City's Commongrounds is a mixed-use building, offering affordable housing, co-working space, a coffee shop, child education center, and performance venue. It's the first real estate cooperative in northern Michigan.

Produce from the Youth Mentor Garden at Marquette Park in Wyoming, Mich.
Youth Mentor Gardens grow food, family, and community in Detroit and Grand Rapids area

At two Youth Mentor Gardens, participating teens and their families work together to plant, weed, water, mulch, and harvest produce.

Mark Witte
CCBHCs extend mental health care to more Michiganders despite challenges

Michigan was added to the country's list of certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) demonstration states back in the summer of 2020, with 29 counties throughout the lower peninsula operating CCBHCs through their community mental health agencies.

Chef Alexandria Palzewicz in her kitchen.
A Marquette chef’s journey to transform local food systems

Barrel + Beam’s Northwoods Test Kitchen has gained a reputation for using sustainable and locally sourced food. Now, thanks to a grant, the popular eatery and brewery is expanding access to locally grown food.

Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund announces first investments

The Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund has announced its first round of investments to three state-based companies in the outdoor innovation space.  

Visit Keweenaw awards $85,000 to recreation and community projects

The latest round of Visit Keweenaw's annual Destination Development Awards benefits 11 non-profit organizations in Houghton and Keweenaw counties. 

Opioid health homes address physical, emotional, and social barriers to recovery.
Opioid health homes remove barriers to recovery

Opioid health homes provide a central point of contact where people living with opioid use disorder work with an interdisciplinary provider team to develop an individualized recovery care plan.

King's Kid Christian Daycare staff members Adrian Robinson, left, Lolita Granger, center and Tamara Jones laugh Wednesday, July 17, 2024, as they play with toys in one of the classrooms in the Detroit child care center.
MiLEAP fund provides essential equipment, upgrades for child care facilities

Quality child care is necessary, but not always available or affordable. The MiLEAP Caring for MI Future: Facilities Improvement Fund has launched a $59 million fund to provide new and expanding home-based and center-based facilities across the state.   

Michigan Health and Hospital Association represents all community hospitals in the state.
How public health collaborations with hospitals benefit Michigan’s communities

Yours, Mine and Ours — Public Health spoke with Lauren LaPine, Michigan Health and Hospital Association senior director of legislative and public policy about how various public health agencies and programs collaborate with hospitals across the state.  

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