Health and Wellness Commission
Regular MeetingMorgantown, WV · November 7, 2019
Minutes
Health and Wellness Meeting
Thursday November 7, 2019
Council Chambers at 7:00pm
PRESENT: Colleen Harshbarger, David Loomis, Jenny Selin, Danielle Trumble, Hannah Keyser, Olivia
Pape, Meghan Kline
Absent: Kimberly Kelly
The meeting was called to order at 7:09 pm.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes from 10/3/19 were approved
PUBLIC PORTION:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A. Blue Zones
a. WVU and funders decided not to participate
b. Looking for potential grant funding
B. Mind Merge/ Website
a. Goal to have everything done by first of December
b. Got approval for a .gov site
c. Move for redesign of logo- all in agreement
d. Goal to have everyone focus on website- split everything up
e. All members write bio and upload to shared drive
f. Continue to come up with pledges
i. 3 categories (mind, body, spirit)
g. Continue to work to get photos from city for website
h. Data portion-
i. County health rankings
ii. WVDHR
iii. Amount of money or pounds of produce sold at farmers market
iv. Number of people using the trails
v. Statistics from health department
vi. Mon trail and impact on local business
i. Organizations
i. Come up with inclusion criteria (ex. Do they have to be exactly within city limits?)
ii. Just provide info on business/orgs (potentially use those voted BOM)
j. Events and policies-
i. Start small
ii. Start with existing events
C. Instagram and Facebook were created
a. Handle: livewellmorgantown
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Review of meeting attendance of board members
a. All in agreement to remove Ryan Lewis from board
OLD BUSINESS:
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ACTION ITEMS:
A. Next meeting 12/5/19 at 7:00pm
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, meeting adjourned by unanimous consent. Time: 9:03
p.m.
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Agenda
AGENDA
HEALTH & WELLNESS COMMISSION
City Council Chambers- City Hall
November 7, 2019
7:00 pm
Mission Statement
The Health and Wellness Commission strives to advance a culture of wellbeing and vibrant
quality of life in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Vision Statement
Morgantown is a place where West Virginians work together to achieve optimal
wellbeing for all.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVE MINUTES: October 3, 2019
3. FOLLOW-UP ITEMS:
A. Website – divide amongst members until a draft is complete
a. Images-
-HWC photos and bios
-Photos of Morgantown relevant to the commission; David with Andrew
b. Pledges
-Started; someone to take lead
c. Data Tracking
-Started; someone to take lead
d. Content
-Who we are and what we do; Colleen
e. Health and Wellness related organizations for list on website
- Need name, 1-2 sentence purpose statement, link, contact, sorted by type
(nutrition, fitness, etc.)
- Start with Premiere (6 food, 6 fitness, 6 Mindbody..)
- create criteria for listing and stick to it (Farmers Market, MRTC
...here)
f. Events
-Form to fill out to submit event
-Start with upcoming, existing events (start with premiere, larger for 2020)
g. Policies
-List of policies and information
-Current policies that promotes health & wellbeing (ie city min..
Wage policy)
-Aspirational policies - what other cities are doing, what’s possible
here?
B. Blue Zone updates
C. Mind Merge
a. Logo
b. Discussion
c. Vote
4. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Exploring grant funding
B. Membership
5. PUBLIC PORTION:
ADJOURNMENT:
Next meeting: December 5, 2019
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