Sign saying The Village of Elmwood Place 1890 in front of green bushes and a white fence.

Elmwood Place WeTHRIVE! team turns passion into action

The Elmwood Place WeTHRIVE!℠ team has a passion for harm reduction. In less than a year, they’ve taken action to address drug overdoses and substance use disorder in their community with compassion and understanding. Read on to see how their efforts evolved as they work to reduce the stigma and empower residents to look out for one another.

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Side by side photos: one features children painting their hand prints on a crosswalk; the other is a photo of the completed crosswalk.

Active transportation in action: Bringing safer streets to life

Last year, we shared how the WeTHRIVE!â„  communities of Lincoln Heights and Mt. Healthy created Active Transportation Plans (ATP) to make their streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and anyone not riding in an automobile.   After presenting ATPs to their respective village/city council, the WeTHRIVE! teams worked with village/city administration to…

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Two photos - one featuring older adults standing with chairs around a circle and the other sitting around a table with an instructor.

WeTHRIVE! communities help older adults stay on their feet

May is Older Americans Month – a perfect time to highlight how WeTHRIVE!℠ community teams help residents THRIVE at any age. By offering fall prevention programs, teams tackle critical health and safety concerns. Just as important, the programs foster social connection, addressing the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation. 

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Meet the WeTHRIVE! neighborhood navigators!

In this post, we’re introducing some of our WeTHRIVE!℠ neighborhood navigators. Navigators take on a more formal role in working with Hamilton County Public Health (HCPH) to focus on policy, systems, and environmental changes around nutrition and physical activity in their WeTHRIVE! communities.

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