Bruce Baker
Oct 31, 2013
CHEER Hires Staff and Moves into New Office
CHEER has hired three new staff members and moved into office space in the Central Square Shopping Center in Long Branch on Piney Branch...
Bruce Baker
May 3, 2013
CHEER Initiates Neighborhood Improvement Process
Takoma Park and Long Branch community members want to know their neighbors and want to work with them on common projects which enhance...
Bruce Baker
Apr 29, 2013
CHEER Convenes Health Enterprise Zone Planning Retreat
On March 22 and March 23, 2013 CHEER convened a strategic planning retreat of the Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone Coalition. The...
Bruce Baker
Feb 28, 2013
CHEER Pursues Takoma Park and Long Branch Priorities in 2012
In 2012 CHEER moved forward in creating healthy, thriving communities in Long Branch and Takoma Park, Maryland, by completing a Community...
Bruce Baker
Nov 22, 2012
The Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone Proposal
A coalition convened by CHEER and led by the Primary Care Coalition successfully submitted a proposal to the State Department of Mental...
Bruce Baker
Sep 4, 2012
The Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone Concept
The goal of the Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone is to reduce health disparities in the Long Branch/Takoma Park community. This...
Bruce Baker
Sep 4, 2012
CHEER Seeks to Bring Health Enterprise Zone to Long Branch and Takoma
Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) is coordinating a coalition of government and local non-profit...
Bruce Baker
Jun 9, 2012
Action Ideas: Be a part of the plan
Are you looking for ideas about how to improve your neighborhood? In the recent community strategic planning process for Takoma Park and...
Bruce Baker
Jun 9, 2012
Action Ideas: Be a part of the plan
Are you looking for ideas about how to improve your neighborhood? In the recent community strategic planning process for Takoma Park and...
Bruce Baker
May 17, 2012
Takoma Park and Long Branch Priority Goals
What are the top priorities that should drive our community improvement efforts over the next five years? CHEER recently asked this...
Bruce Baker
Dec 28, 2011
Recent CHEER Accomplishments and Plans
2011 was a fabulous year for CHEER and 2012 will be even better. Below are the Details of our recent accomplishments, plans, and...
Bruce Baker
Dec 27, 2011
Takoma Park Voters Talk About Change
CHEER asked voters in the Takoma Park City elections in November, “What do you think is the most important change needed in your...
Bruce Baker
Dec 16, 2011
IDEA JAM: How do we sustain our diverse Takoma Park community?
CHEER held its first idea jam on November 17, 2011 on the income gap in Takoma Park. After reviewing the statistics documenting a 50%...
Bruce Baker
Nov 4, 2011
Takoma Park Income Gap Is Growing
Over the past decade, Takoma Park has changed from a community able to support families with a range of incomes to one with higher...
Bruce Baker
Oct 1, 2011
Mothers at Rolling Terrace Share Knowledge and Experience
CHEER just completed showing three episodes of “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” to Latin American Mothers who...
Bruce Baker
Jul 12, 2011
CHEER Pilots Community Health Improvement Process
On June 28 CHEER conducted the first of a series of events at Essex House, a Takoma Park high rise on Maple Avenue that houses a large...
