WEARE AWC
Aurora Wellness Community
is a partnership WITH the Aurora Community, CU School of Medicine, and CU Medicine to BUILD HEALTH, WEALTH, and WELL-BEING in Aurora, with a particular focus on residents who live in zip codes 80010, 80011, and 80012. This organization will focus on addressing the social determinants of health with a new primary care clinic as well as other services and ecosystems necessary to meet the needs of Aurorans. SUBTITLE: In partnership with Aurora small business, DopeMomLife, we have teamed up with Kounkuey Design Initiative to engage the community to help create our vision, mission, and values.
We are engaging with Aurora community members to:
- Dialogue about the goals for the AWC
- Learn about their needs and desires related to the future development
- Invite them to participate in future site planning
Modes of Engagement:
Community input surveys
Interviews with community leaders
Community workshops
Mobile
engagements
WE LISTENED
Here is what community members had to say:
“We need community-minded, community-driven places that reflect and honor our community in everything from architecture, to signage, to people skills.”
–patron of Mosaic Church of Aurora
"I need a safe community. When I wake up every morning, I want to feel safe going outside to play – I don't want to feel afraid."
–Street Fraternity workshop attendee
"There should be one place where people can go to learn about the school system, about the medical system, and any other public resource or service and enroll and access these services in one place."
–mental health services provider with Aurora Mental Health Center
"I’m big on inter-generational needs being met in one place. It's a big part of people liking and using a place."
–staff member at Colfax Community Network
“Walking paths are preventative medicine!”
–participant in workshop hosted at Second Chance Center
“People in my community are afraid to go to the hospital because of the expense. When they do go to the hospital, it's too late, and they can't fix the problem. We need to know that we can seek preventative care.”
–participant in workshop hosted at Asian Pacific Development Center
“Culturally appropriate food is key. People like healthy food – it's a way they can take care of themselves without seeing a doctor.”
–participant in workshop hosted at Asian Pacific Development Center
“Health doesn't mean when you get sick you seek care. It means having a healthy lifestyle.”
–participant in workshop hosted at Asian Pacific Development Center
Direct quotes from Aurora residents gathered during community workshops or stakeholder interviews.
OUR TEAM
AWC Staff
Lisa Neal-Graves
Chief Executive Officer
Anne Fuhlbrigge
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Kari Mader, MD
Director of Clinical and Education Innovation
Myra Muramoto, MD, MPH
Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
OUR TEAM
Contractors
OUR TEAM
Partner Institutions
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