The Leadership Team at Essex House, a 135 unit high rise rental property on Maple Avenue, has developed robust leadership capacity over the past several months and recently achieved recognition from the building owners and is now for the first time managing its own budget. Since beginning the Neighborhood Improvement Process six months ago, the Essex House Leadership Team has built capacity and implemented several successful programs that benefit the residents. The Leadership Team has articulated a mission statement that prioritizes maintaining quality housing, supporting children’s development, helping residents find career opportunities, and build mutual support networks. They are plannin
Data compiled by Healthy Montgomery, the County’s health improvement process within the Department of Health and Human Service, shows that the 20912 zip code (Takoma Park and Long Branch) is tied for the highest age-adjusted hospitalization rate for diabetes in Montgomery County. The hospitalization rate is 25.0 hospitalizations per 10,000 people.[1] This is more than double the county wide rate, which is 11.6 hospitalizations per 10,000. The 20903 zip code (Long Branch and areas north of Takoma Park) also has a very high diabetes hospitalization rate of 23.1 per 10,000. Healthy Montgomery also reports that the County -wide diabetes hospitalization rate for “Black or African Americans”
