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Residents urge focus on neighborhood health equity and staffing at Northwest Community Center
Summary
Two public commenters told the commission that certain Arkansas City neighborhoods face severe disadvantage and urged the commission to prioritize health-related services; another longtime resident criticized supervisory diversity at the Northwest Community Center and offered private fundraising help.
During public comment, Robin Henderson, executive director of Eagle Nest and a board member of the Northwest Community Center and the Cali County Community Corrections Board, urged the commission to treat health-related needs as core city infrastructure and called attention to local health-equity data. "There are neighborhoods here in our city that are ranked as…
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