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Meeting Minutes
January 23, 2020
Opening
This meeting of the Washington County Community Health Advisory Committee was called to order at
7:30am by Michael Reyka, Chair, at 100 West Washington Street, Suite 1115, Hagerstown.
Present
Commissioner Randall Wagner, Michael Reyka, Earl Stoner, Jennifer Foltz, Heidi Kendall, Dave
Chisholm, Rich Eichelberger, Rob Ferree, Ashley Holloway, April Bishop Cyndi Powell & Jeremy Mose.
Old Business
Approval of Minutes from 1/9/2020
Motion made by Cyndi Powell. Seconded by Heidi Kendall. All in favor.
MD Diabetes Plan
Michael Reyka distributed more information related to discussion held at last meeting pertaining to the
Maryland State Diabetes Plan. This included a general reference document and recent CHNA 2019
survey data for Washington County.
Oklahoma City Case Example
Michael Reyka sent committee members Ted Talk video to watch prior to today’s meeting. Video was a
story about Oklahoma City and how their Mayor and community led an initiative to lose 1 million pounds
and how that effort led to economic development.
Michael opened discussion asking the group what we thought of the video. Here are some key take-
aways:
Oklahoma City took the approach of creating an environment that makes businesses want to come
to their town/city instead of luring in businesses with incentives.
City of Hagerstown/Washington County already have many of the assets described in the video. If
we wanted to emulate their success, we don’t need to build new, just better promote and utilize the
amazing resources we already have.
Ashley Holloway suggested a Bike Share program in downtown Hagerstown. Others agreed this
would be an interesting venture.
The numerous hiking trails in the area were discussed, but many people don’t know where all of
them are or how to access them. It would be nice if there was one central database with this
information for easier access.
Currently, it seems like you hear about a wellness related event, like the 100 Miler Kick Off, after
the event, but not much widespread promotion prior to the event.
There are a lot of opportunities to do a better job of spotlighting our recreational resources to
promote wellness in our community and attract visitors/businesses/millennials.
To round out this discussion, Michael introduced one of Meritus’ Bold Goals to walk a billion miles in a
10 year time period, as a community/county. This goal/idea is in the early stages, and nothing has been
solidified yet.
FLU Update
No significant changes from last meeting.