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23 Oct 2024
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Working to achieve community engagement is at the heart of inclusive, sustainable growth in Kenosha and the Chippewa Valley, according to those working for innovative change those communities.
“We’re a resilient community. But they were resilient because they were involved in the solution,” said Tim Mahone, chair of the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood, a project to creatively redevelop 107 acres of vacant land ravaged by civil unrest in 2020.
And Katherine Merton, of the Chicago group Health Equity Innovation Partners, sees the same need to energize the community as she works with the Rural Health Innovation Alliance in the Chippewa Valley to help deliver accessible health care to residents in rural areas.
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