by Laura Torres | Jun 10, 2024 | Healthy Eating, Jackson County, Macon County, MountainWise News, Swain County, Uncategorized, WNC Local Info
Western North Carolina is awash in farms and renowned restaurants, food co-ops and grocery stores, but not everyone reaps the benefits. A study released in April shows that in the past two years, the number of people in Jackson, Swain and Macon counties who aren’t...
by MountainWise | Dec 14, 2018 | Cherokee County, Clay County, Graham County, Haywood County, Healthy Eating, Jackson County, Macon County, MountainWise News, Swain County, Transylvania County, Worksite Wellness
Written by: Angela Mucci MountainWise, a regional public health partnership, will use an $873,930 grant from Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to fund the expansion of their WorkWise Western North Carolina program. The WorkWise Western North Carolina (WWWNC)...
by MountainWise | Nov 29, 2018 | Cherokee County, Clay County, Graham County, Haywood County, Healthy Eating, Jackson County, Macon County, Swain County, Transylvania County
MountainWise receives $75,000 in grant money to expand the Double Up Food Bucks Program. Written by: Angela MucciMountainWise, a regional public health partnership, will use a $40,000 grant from Mission Health Community Investments and a $35,000 grant from the...
by MountainWise | Jan 21, 2016 | MountainWise News, Swain County, Uncategorized
Say what? A diagnosis of pre-diabetes could be the best thing to happen to me? The short answer is, a diagnosis of pre-diabetes gives you the opportunity to halt full-blown type 2 diabetes in its tracks. The longer answer is here in this blog post! “How Would I Even...
by Jenn Whinnem | Jan 1, 2016 | Active Living, Clay County, Graham County, Haywood County, Healthy Eating, Jackson County, Macon County, MountainWise News, Swain County, Transylvania County
“I wish I knew what clicked in my brain because then I could tell others how to change their mindset as well.” Did you come across this video in your Facebook feed during the past month? In case you didn’t, this 5-minute video is the personal story of a man named...
by MountainWise | Sep 15, 2015 | Cherokee County, Clay County, Graham County, Haywood County, Jackson County, Macon County, MountainWise News, Swain County, Transylvania County
MountainElements Health Impact Assessment has been recognized as an outstanding achievement in making health a priority for the Western North Carolina region MountainWise has received a Marvin Collins Planning Award in the Special Theme Awards/Multidisciplinary...
