YMCA: Preventing and controlling chronic disease locally - part 2
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Editors note: This is part two of a three-part series from the Marion Family YMCA about preventing and controlling chronic disease locally.
In communities across the nation, the Y is a leading voice on health and well-being. Over the past decade, the Y has driven innovation in prevention and control of chronic disease to save lives and reduce healthcare spending. Y’s are offering individuals the tools needed to achieve greater health and well-being and positioning our health system to save money and support their patients.
Arthritis
Arthritis is common, expensive and a leading cause of disability. Over half of adults age 65 and older experience arthritis, and two out of every three obese people suffer from it as well. A person living with arthritis spends more than $2,000 annually on health-related costs and nearly half experience physical limitations (cdc.gov).
Last Call with Eleanor Gilmore and Joyce Mandell, Jane Week Organizers
Sarah Connell Sanders
Correspondent
Jane Jacobs was an urban design pioneer, widely celebrated for her 1961 landmark text, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” In Worcester, we honor Jacobs each year with Jane Week, an opportunity to examine the design and function of our city. Eleanor Gilmore and Joyce Mandell are Jane Week s organizers.
Joyce, can you tell us how Jane Week got started in Worcester?
JM: Our first Jane Week was in 2017 and it was the culmination of a year of celebrating Jane Jacobs’ hundredth birthday. There are actually Jane Celebrations all over the world, which is very exciting. There were about 200 Jane Walks that year in New York alone. We didn t have Jane Week last year because of the pandemic and I actually held on to the Jane Award; it s been on my shelf for a year. Every year, we give out a Jane Award to a project that emulates the best design or revitalization of t
WORCESTER The Planning Board Wednesday night approved a definitive site plan for the proposed demolition and redevelopment of the Greendale Mall as an Amazon last mile distribution center.
Residents who attended the virtual meeting continued to bring up concerns about traffic, pedestrian and cyclist safety, environmental impacts, noise, and the online retail giant s business practices that they raised at the last Planning Board meeting and at a community meeting Monday night.
They again called for more ironclad commitments in the form of a community benefits agreement with the city, and wanted assurances that the company could be held accountable if its project turned out not to operate as it was laid out in the site plan application.