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Commerce City to bring resolution approving Community Health & Well‑Being work plan after NLC accelerator
Summary
Staff said Commerce City was one of six cities in the National League of Cities accelerator. The plan identifies five priority focus areas — housing, food access, health care, transportation and workforce pathways — and staff will return with a resolution to adopt the work plan.
Sarah Mondesir summarized Commerce City's participation in the National League of Cities Community Health and Well‑Being Accelerator, a 12‑month cohort program that helps cities align cross‑departmental capacity and identify priorities. "Commerce City was selected as one of the six cities nationwide to join this program," Mondesir said, outlining the data collection and cross‑departmental work that produced five priority focus areas: access to quality housing, healthy food, quality health care, transportation and economic opportunity.
From those five priorities staff developed concrete action strategies including aligning with Adams County on food systems resilience, piloting expanded free‑meal and mobile market efforts, strengthening referrals to housing partners, identifying mobile health care sites in high‑need areas, and expanding workforce development pathways. Mondesir said staff will bring a resolution to council to approve the Community Health and Well‑Being Work Plan and to embed appropriate activities into the strategic plan refresh.
Council members praised the cross‑departmental work and asked about next steps and timing for implementation. Staff said the work plan will be brought forward as a resolution and that many items will require operational and budgetary follow‑up once the council adopts the plan. No formal vote occurred during the study session.
