$50,000 grant will support increase advertising of neighborhood healthful way of living initiatives – Salisbury Publish

,000 grant will support increase advertising of neighborhood healthful way of living initiatives – Salisbury Publish

By Natalie Anderson
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SALISBURY — Associates of the Healthful Rowan coalition say a modern $50,000 award to the town will support expand and boost way of life schooling initiatives to the area’s youth and minimize the hazard of chronic disorders.

Mayor Karen Alexander been given the grant on the city of Salisbury’s behalf past week during the once-a-year U.S. Convention of Mayors. Named the 2022 Childhood Weight problems Avoidance and Environmental Well being and Sustainability Award, it arrives from a partnership in between the U.S. Congress of Mayors and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America. Salisbury was just one of 9 towns across the country to get an award. Other cities of similar sizing involved Daytona Seashore in Florida and White Plains in New York.

Jennifer West, who qualified prospects the life-style medication initiative with Wholesome Rowan, stated funding will support broaden the county’s collaborative operate to apply her focus region. Lifestyle medicine works by using proof-centered therapeutic strategies to avoid, treat and reverse chronic ailments by focusing on personal behaviors this sort of as nutrition, snooze, physical exercise, tension and material use.

She cited a pilot plan by the county’s Group Treatment Clinic to put into exercise the countrywide “5-2-1-0” general public awareness campaign. Working with that product, vendors “prescribe” five fruits and greens every single working day, the restricting of display time to no a lot more than two hrs a day, physical action for at the very least a person hour a day and avoidance of sugary drinks. West stated the measures make it possible for companies to set up partnerships with their individuals and mentor them somewhat than outright stating what they really should or should not do.

That plan currently serves older people. With the grant, efforts will be prolonged to the

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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Open house at Kenver; PS21 adds four to board; Salisbury Bank holds 14th annual food drive

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Open house at Kenver; PS21 adds four to board; Salisbury Bank holds 14th annual food drive

Kenver, Ltd. will hold an open house on Thursday, Nov. 4 from 4-6 p.m. The public is invited to meet the shop’s new owners while enjoying light refreshments. Illustration courtesy Kenver

SOUTH EGREMONT — On August 31, longtime South Egremont sportswear boutique and outdoor retail hub Kenver, Ltd. was sold to OvareVentures, which is headquartered in Glendale, California.

On Thursday, Nov. 4 from 4-6 p.m., the public is invited to meet Kenver’s new owners at an Open House. The South Egremont Spirit Shoppe will supply the beer and cheese, and Rubiner’s Cheesemongers & Grocers will bring the charcuterie.

Founded in 1959 by the late sportsman and skier Ken Vermeulen, Kenver specializes in best-in-category sports equipment, including skis, bikes, snowboards, and ice skates. Kenver also sells seasonal designer sporting apparel and footwear, and features a dedicated bootery cellar with fitting specialists as well as a curated collection of artisan wares and home accessories.

Kenver’s historic building at 39 Main Street was built in 1731 as a stagecoach stop, and it maintains its ambiance with fireplaces and antiques. Kenver has twice been named “Best of New England” in the Ski, Snowboard and Cross-Country Shop Awards presented by New England Winter Sports Representatives, Inc.

—A.K.

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PS21 welcomes four new board members

PS21’s new board members, L to R clockwise: Judith Albert, Sarah Chalfant, Leslie Lassiter, and Louis Hedgecock. Photos courtesy PS21

CHATHAM, N.Y.PS21 has welcomed Judith Albert, Sarah Chalfant, Louis Hedgecock, and Leslie Lassiter to its board of directors. Distinguished professionals in the fields of architecture, finance, law, and literary agency, they all share PS21’s commitment to expanding the audiences for original contemporary performing arts and artists in the Hudson Valley and beyond.

Judith Albert is board chair of Cornerstone Capital Group, which develops and manages

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