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PACE-EH Polk

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. For more information on this project, contact Tim Mayer, Environmental Health Director, or Jill Weinischke, PACE EH Coordinator at the Polk County Health Department.

POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
June PACE-EH Update

My final meeting with Combee consisted of a feedback forum for the community. I had them discuss with me, Tim Mayer and Dr. Daniel Haight all of the things they thought PACE-EH had accomplished in their community. I solicited feedback on PACE-EH itself, myself as the facilitator, and the role of the Polk County Health Department. At the regular CARE meeting after that last PACE-EH meeting, I gave everyone who had participated in PACE-EH certificates. The CARE group voted at that meeting to form a CARE subcommittee to continue the PACE-EH work and advocating for the PACE-EH objectives that they had established for themselves.

I had our first PACE-EH meeting in Wahneta on July 8th at the COPS station in Wahneta. I handed out over 600 flyers before that date and had 12 citizens show up - three Hispanic and nine white residents. I was very upfront with them regarding the fact that we had to have a mixed group because of the large population in Wahneta. We discussed the race issue and community issues that they hope to address during PACE-EH . (I'll be submitting a progress report with total information on this community after our meeting this week.)

Gloria L. Graham