Healthy New Albany Magazine July/August 2020

July/August 2020

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July/August 2020 Vol. 9, No. 5

7 First Glance

Letter from the Executive Editor

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8 In & Out What’s happening in and out of New Albany

10 My Story Leah Ryzenman

12 Personalities Tanny Crane tells her Pelotonia story

16 On the Path New Albany institutions navigate post-quarantine life

18 Initiatives Highlighting installation of city’s first public art display

24 Community Foundation Series Foundation donors help community respond to the pandemic

31 Food How to shop sustainabily and eat clean

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34 Hitting Deadline Rising New Albany High School senior combats climate change

21 A Fresh Take New Albany Farmers Market make adjustments due to COVID-19

38 On the Horizon The wait for a COVID-19 vaccine

40 Nature’s Greatest Gifts Enjoy nature this summer even during the pandemic

48 Scene in New Albany

On the Cover Tanny Crane

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My New Position

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am pleased to announce that I have stepped down as Executive Director of Healthy New Albany. For the past five years, I have had the opportunity of a lifetime to serve this remarkable nonprofit organization that is woven into the fabric of our very special community. My transition as a strategic advisor to Healthy New Albany will enable me to support the health of my community, albeit in a less formal manner.

Healthy New Albany evolved from a grassroots effort that began with the implementation of the New Albany Walking Classic and transformed to become an innovative model of how a community could promote and create a culture of health. One need not look further than the programs and services that have been implemented throughout the years. Healthy New Albany oversees the New Albany farmers market, community garden, Food Pantry and its state-of-the-art programs such as Studio 55+ that is focused on providing activities for the older population, “I am Thriving,” a program for female cancer survivors, “Trick, It’s a Treat,” a healthy Halloween activity that attracts hundreds of young kiddos each year, the New Albany Kids Virtual Marathon and hundreds more programs and activities. This magazine, published in partnership with CityScene Media Group is another example of how Healthy New Albany has impacted our city. Speaking of Healthy New Albany Magazine, I am pleased to share that I will continue in my role as executive editor. That means you will continue to be subjected to my funky outfits. Sorry ‘bout that.

Healthy New Albany is thriving because of its people and relationships. Its staff is incredibly committed, talented and caring. We would not have made an impact if it weren’t for the support, both financial and advisory that we have received from a plethora of organizations, individual and corporate donors and our city government. I cannot say enough about the hundreds of volunteers who have been a part of us throughout the years.

Finally, the future of Healthy New Albany is in great hands. Angela Douglas, the current director of operations at Healthy New Albany and former executive director of the New Albany Food Pantry is the new Executive Director. Speaking on behalf of the HNA Board and having worked with Angela extensively, I know the future of HNA and its presence in the community will be enhanced under Angela’s leadership.

Healthfully,

Phil Heit Executive Director Emeritus Healthy New Albany

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in & out

What's happening in and out of New Albany Events are subject to change due to health concerns.

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Thursdays through Sept. 10

Friday, Aug. 7

Saturday, Aug. 15

New Albany Farmers Market

My Pelotonia Opening Ceremony

Lady Tutu 5K and Little Princess Dash

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New Albany Independence Day Virtual 5K naid5k.itsyourrace.com

Live broadcast of the now virtual fundraiser pelotonia.org

Saturday, Aug. 8

2020 Ohio Honor Ride

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Sunday, Aug. 9

Jeff McGowan Memorial 5K 8:30 a.m., Scioto Audubon Metro Park, Columbus runsignup.com

Saturday, Aug. 15

All-Female Triathlon for Hope 8 a.m., Alum Creek State Park greenswell.com

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Tri-Village Sertoma Charity Challenge Saturday, July 18

Artist Opening Reception for Todd Buschur

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Bull Run presented by Merrill 8:30 a.m., Arch Park, Columbus give.nationwidechildrens.org

Saturday, Aug. 15

Artist Opening Reception for Adam Kolp 5-8 p.m., Hayley Gallery localohioart.com

Friday, Aug. 21

An Evening in New Albany 7-11:30 p.m., New Albany Country Club nawn.org

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American Cancer Society Virtual C2C Relay Run All day, virtual event secure.acsevents.org

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Ohio State Ross Heart Hospital TriFit Challenge Triathlon & Duathlon greenswell.com

Friday, July 31

Beau Schoener Memorial Golf Outing 9 a.m., New Albany Golf Links nafirefightersfoundation.org

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my story

By Leah Ryzenman

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Gone But Not Forgotten

How the pandemic impacted my senior year at New Albany High School

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Leah Ryzenman celebrates her graduation with social distancing. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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’m an artistic swimmer. I have been for the past eight years. It’s not water ballet and we don’t wear flowered swim caps. Artistic (previously known as synchronized) swimming is a combination of gymnastics, dance, cheerleading and speed swimming. This sport has truly made me who I am today. I’m so extremely thankful for the memories I’ve made, best friends I met and experiences I lived.

The 2019-2020 season was my last season. I’ve swam with this group of girls for more than five years. They’ve seen me laugh and cry, gasp for breath, felt me squeeze their hands for good luck. They heard me cheer their names and so much more. Next year I’ll be hours away from these friends who have become family. Further, I’m not sure I’ll ever compete again.

This was supposed to be our year.

We qualified for the U.S. Senior Nationals, the highest-level competition for athletes of my age division in the country. It was scheduled for late March. We were also working to place at the 2020 Summer Junior Olympics, the largest artistic swimming competition in the U.S. Both competitions were canceled and the future became uncertain. I miss my teammates more than anything.

Our lives were turned upside down and inside out, and just as we were starting to get a sense of who we were, our evolving identities seemed to be erased.

The past four years I have participated in an array of meaningful extracurriculars. At New Albany High School, I was selected as a member of the SOAR Leadership Group, spreading positivity and kindness to students and faculty as well as promoting school culture. I participated in the school’s drill team, fashion show and the social studies Rho Kappa Honor Society.

Away from campus, I was involved in several peer groups, some of which

Ryzenman and her friends create time capsules using empty glass bottles that they can open after the pandemic ends.

covered topics of politics, healthy relationships and athletics.

I work extremely hard; I earned a 35 on the ACT, a GPA of 4.30, and I’m a National Hispanic Scholar and National Merit Finalist. Everything that I’ve accomplished is important to me. For the past 18 years, I’ve been waiting for the moment when my hard work will pay off. I understand I still have so much ahead of me, but this year was supposed to be my year. You’re conditioned to believe that your senior year of high school is where you get the accolades and the respect from your younger peers. Where you get to skip class because there are special senior activities and meals.

Where you spend every possible second with your best friends because you know you’re all going to different places next year.

Not the classes of 2020, though.

But do you know what else?

I’ll have so many memories that no other graduating classes will share. I can say my class had a parade in their honor. Our school surprised us with NAHS Graduate of 2020 yard signs. The moms of our town “adopted” us and dropped off snacks and wishes of happiness at our doorsteps. We have graduation pictures six feet apart from our best friends or wearing a mask. There are www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

signs around our town in support of us. We’re far from the traditional class of high school seniors.

I didn’t get the senior activities and bits of recognition that I expected, but I’ve already earned the best reward: the lessons and experiences I’ve had along the way. The skills I developed and the relationships I formed are more valuable than a senior brunch or announcement.

I may not be able to swim with my teammates again, but we’re definitely friends for life.

I’ve also had time to reflect on how lucky I am. I’m lucky to be healthy and

have a loving family with which I can shelter in place. I’m lucky to have access to the internet so I could finish my classes and take AP exams. And I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for my parents and supportive community. Thank you.

I may not be able to hug my fellow seniors at graduation, but it has only cemented our resolve to stay in touch as we split up next year. We’ve put in the work, and it has paid off – even if we can’t celebrate it now, we’ll look back at our crazy high school senior year from our respective universities. I will be studying at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University in the fall.

I don’t know what will happen in the fall. I don’t know if I’ll be on campus or still learning online. But I do know that I’ll have these experiences that the vast majority of other people could never even imagine. Even as the years pass by and my memories fade, nothing will be able to take away the resilience, hope and compassion I developed during this global pandemic. I’m a member of the class of 2020.

Leah Ryzenman is a New Albany High School graduate. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup. com.

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personalities

By Lydia Freudenberg

Ride Warrior T

he temperature is roughly 90 degrees, the humidity is on par with Florida weather, and now it’s time to cycle four 100-mile rides throughout central Ohio and conquer the infamous Reynoldsburg Road hill not just one time but four times.

Some may call this insane. Tanny Crane calls it the Legendary Four-Leaf Clover Challenge for her My Pelotonia ride.

Pelotonia 2020 is My Pelotonia

If you’re from central Ohio, you know Pelotonia, the 2008-founded organization that raises money for cancer research for The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research 12

Institute. After fundraising efforts conclude, a three-day cycling event takes place that brings thousands together.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pelotonia organizers knew the 2020 event had to change.

“Bringing thousands of people together right now is a challenge, but bringing thousands of people together, many of whom have cancer, is an even bigger challenge because of their risk profile,” says Doug Ulman, president and CEO of Pelotonia. “We would never do anything to put people in harm’s way.”

Instead of a mass ride in August, the new My Pelotonia initiative is underway and runs until Aug. 7. The virtual experience allows participants to set their own fundraising and activity goals, whether

Tanny Crane and Caroline Worley at Gambier Finish in 2019. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Photos courtesy of Lisa Hinson

Tanny Crane tells her Pelotonia story to inspire others to join

Cross Country Cycling Pelotonia isn’t Tanny Crane’s only long-distance ride. In 2023, Crane will participate in Bike Across America.

The route stretches from Portland, Oregon, to the tip of New Hampshire.

The cyclists have 52 days to complete the course, meaning they’re biking around 100 miles each day.

“It’s just getting mentally and physically ready,” she says.

Of course, she won’t put Pelotonia on hold for this trek. Crane has already pledged to Doug Ulman that she’ll raise funds while training and participating in her cross-county route.

Crane with Girls with Gears at the 2018 Pelotonia opening ceremony.

that’s running, making masks or cycling every day.

For Crane, a longtime New Albany resident and avid cyclist with Girls with Gears and Pelotonia, this virtual experience meant setting higher goals – but she didn’t want to ride alone. When she pitched the 400-plus mile idea to her bike gang (as they call themselves), My Pelotonia suddenly became Our Pelotonia.

“That’s what we’re going to do, and it is insane,” Crane says, laughing.

That’s the beauty of My Pelotonia: there’s total freedom. Even though fundraising isn’t required to participate in the 2020 event, Pelotonia will still donate 100 percent of funds raised to the James.

Plus, its pledging $1 million of that to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients.

Ulman says this new, highly functional and interactive virtual experience will replace the old virtual ride that was merely transactional. Plus, having a year without the ride means when it does return, it will be better than ever before.

“This platform will continue on and we’ll add the ride back when we can,” Ulman says. “This also give us a chance to reinvent the ride. Next year, it will probably have a new route and aspects. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

We have this time, that we wouldn’t have asked for, but we’re trying to take advantage of the situation.”

A Pelotonia Legend

Prior to participating in Pelotonia, Crane says she was never a huge cyclist.

When she learned about the grassroots movement, her philanthropic spirit shifted into high gear and she couldn’t help but join the cause. Every year, Crane raises about $15,000, and every year she matches that dollar for dollar.

“She continues to go above and beyond from a fundraising perspective,” says Ulman. “Her achievements on that front are legendary. Just through her own fundraising she’s raised the equivalent dollars to fund 20-plus research grants. … We just feel so humbled and beyond appreciative of all that she does.”

Crane says fundraising for Pelotonia is rather easy since everyone has a cancer story and knows the importance of eradicating it. She simply sends out a large email to personal and business friends that includes recent statistics from the James as well as her father’s story, who died of lung cancer.

Crane says she always rides with her father in mind. When she sees can-

cer surviors riding, and when she rides alongside them, Crane is emboldened.

“When I’m riding next to men and women who have on the back of their jersey, ‘I’m a survivor,’ I feel like the pain of my two days is just a drop in the bucket compared to the pain they’ve endured,” Crane says. “Whatever anyone of us can do to help … is so well worth it.”

As for riding, Crane says the second she started training she knew she discovered a new passion.

“The first year, I had never ridden 100 miles, … so preparing for it was such fun,” Crane says. “Now it’s become an addiction; I love it so much.”

For the first few years, Crane rode with a different Pelotonia group and loved every moment. When she learned about the New Albany-based Girls with Gears group, an empowering all-women team founded by fellow New Albany resident Lisa Hinson, Crane made the switch.

“I’ve developed friendships with this amazing group of women. A lot of them are from New Albany, but not all; we’re from all over Columbus,” Crane says.

Crane’s longtime friend and Pelotonia buddy, Jim Coleman, is an honorary member of Girls with Gears. The two have ridden together since the beginning and she calls him an inspirational rider.

Regardless of what group she rides with, the physical and emotional sensations of riding hundreds of miles throughout Ohio are priceless. Crane recalls one of her favorite moments in the two-day Pelotonia ride, an aspect 13

The Ride for Mental Health

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t’s safe to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought even more light to the mental health crisis.

Many experts have found that selfquarantining and social distancing can result in increased depression and anxiety. CNN reported that the Disaster Distress Helpline saw nearly 900 percent increase in calls in March 2020 when compared to March 2019.

Thankfully, anyone can help mental health efforts this summer by riding a bike.

The Ride for Mental Health raises money for the education, research and treatment of mental illness for McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. New Albany resident and longtime endurance cyclist Keith Berend joined the ride a few years ago to support his daughter, Taylor, who experiences mental

illness. Since the ride is virtual and not hosted in New York this year, Berend is now working to get his neighbors involved.

Any age can participate, and registration is open until the event concludes Sept. 7. Until then, participants can track their progress through the organization’s Strava group (a social media platform designed to track exercise) and can win prizes for categories such as riding the furthest, taking on the most elevation or raising the most money.

“We’re hoping to use this year to both raise some money but also raise everyone’s awareness of this event,” Berend says. “Hopefully, when we do it in person next year, we can have hundreds of riders and raise even more money for mental health with #rideawaythestigma.”

Berend says this ride is a clear fit for New Albany residents: The New Albany Community Foundation is a strong advocate for mental health awareness with its Jefferson Series, New AlbanyPlain Local Schools continues its WellBeing Initiative, and many other businesses and efforts in the area support the topic of mental health.

“We, being the community, stated many years ago that we want to be the healthiest community in the country,” Berend says. “In order to do that – we’re well on our way with aspects like the (New Albany Walking Classic), the trails and the (New Albany Farmers Market) – we also have to be the healthiest mental health community.”

For more information, visit www. rideformentalhealth.org.

Left, Crane and her husband, John Wolff, and their grandchildren at the 200-mile finish line at Bevelhymer Park 2019. Right, Crane at Gambier with friends.

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Crane and fellow 180-mile riders at the Market Square finish line in 2013.

she’ll miss this year. It was the Sunday morning of the ride – always chilly and misty, Crane says, making the first portion of the ride crisp and relaxing. As she rode through the countryside, flying by hills and lush summertime plains, she could hear the clip-clop of Amish buggies as the church procession began. The riders and churchgoers smiled and waved at one another before Crane sped off with her peloton.

“The hairs on the skin just raised because it’s just so beautiful,” Crane says. “I would never experience that otherwise, right here, less than 100 miles from here, if it weren’t for Pelotonia.”

As the race concludes and the final miles stretch on, Crane says it’s all worth it when they enter Market Square and are greeted by hundreds of volunteers and residents. Even though that won’t happen this year, Crane is thankful that she can still ride and raise money for cancer research, which makes participating in Pelotonia a no-brainer.

“It’s easy to participate because just look in the face of someone who has cancer and just know that by participating in any way – whether you’re a volunteer, a virtual rider, or this year you’re www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

running, walking, cooking, sewing face masks – that your efforts are saving lives.

Period,” Crane says. “That’s all I need.”

Lydia Freudenberg is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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on the path

By Caitlyn Blair

The New Normal Navigating post-quarantine life in New Albany

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nown for its excellence in education, low crime rates “As a teacher, I loved looking at the various skill sets they and thriving businesses, the pride that New Albany resi- had,” she says. “We had an obstacle and we made it an opdents feel for their community is unwavering. portunity.”

Some aspects of this city have changed, however, as the While the exact future of school proceedings is uncertain, COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe. In order to find a there is no uncertainty about whether NAPLS teachers and safe, healthy new life after quarantine, the city must evolve to staff will do their best to create a safe and motivational learning meet residents’ needs, especially in areas such as the New environment.

Albany International Business Park, community development “I’m not sure what the future format of our school will be and schooling. for next year, but I do know I work with an extremely gifted Patty Randall, who has been a seventh-grade teacher for New AlbanyPlain Local Schools for the past 18 years, has needed to adapt to online learning and the educational changes that are in store for New Albany students. Randall says the biggest challenge has simply been not being there with her students.

“Each of my classes is like a big family and we take care of each other – we grow, we laugh and we learn together,” she says. “So, when COVID hit and we were remote learning, not being able to reassure each other in our usual physical space, that was hard.”

Due to the pandemic’s strong and quick arrival in Ohio, teachers were forced to figure out this new learning model on their own and on the spot.

“In college, you take many courses on classroom management and how to engage a student who has disengaged,” Randall says. “We had nothing on how to stop your toddler from brushing your hair as you are trying to reinforce with your students the importance of connotation in poetry, or what do you do when your dog’s lunch starts to disagree with him while you are leading a discussion on symbolism.”

When it came to transitioning the daily routine to online schooling, Randall’s goal was to host two virtual meetings per week, opting to reduce the size of the meetings after some time to better accommodate student needs and avoid internet connection problems. She asked her students to email her the names of two classmates they felt comfortable working with and two classmates who Patty Randall teaches Caroline Siegfried, Maggie Rolwing, Addy McCollister and Anna Ryzenman virtually during the pandemic. they wanted to get to know better.

and talented group of educators who care so much about their students’ education and well-being,” Randall says.

“Whatever the format, it will be one that is focused on student success both academically and emotionally.”

As a cancer survivor who is therefore immunocompromised, Randall says that she will be sure to take extra safety precautions as well. Her resilience and her dedication to the students of New Albany is just one example of strength in the city.

Business park adjusts

With more than 15,000 workers, the New Albany International Business Park is one of the largest master-planned business parks in the country. Its mission is to find better ways to meet the evolving needs of residents, workers and businesses through effective land use and commercial planning.

Scott McAfee, chief communications and marketing officer for the City of New Albany, says that the business park responded quickly to keep New Albany residents and visitors safe.

“The community development department acted quickly to develop a service delivery method that would allow our essential businesses under construction to continue without costly delays,” he says. “The staff worked with construction teams to implement a virtual inspection process. … Over 80 percent of construction inspections are now virtual at this time.”

In addition, McAfee says results of a recent informal survey showed that New Albany was in the 95th percentile of communities in the state of Ohio implementing creative practices to ensure customer service delivery.

“The city manager and deputy director of community development were both asked to give presentations to regional organizations highlighting these best practices,” he says.

McAfee specifically commends the Google and Facebook construction teams, Holder Construction and Turner Construction, respectively, for quickly implementing social distancing standards on the construction sites. These guidelines included staggering shifts, reducing the number of workers onsite, and adapting the lunch area and break room practices to ensure www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

that the inspectors had a safe place for the necessary onsite inspections.

In terms of how COVID-19 will continue to impact the Business Park in the future, McAfee is optimistic, but acknowledges New Albany hasn’t gone untouched by the pandemic.

“The city has been fiscally responsible and has accumulated a financial carryover that will help sustain city services in the short term, but there will definitely be a negative impact to the city’s finances as a result of COVID-19,” he says. “The sector was impacted, but nine of our 11 major manufactur-

ers remain open and all are open now.

Some of those businesses were involved with sanitize-oriented products that were needed in the entire country, and they were not negatively impacted. Other manufacturers and other businesses were impacted, and it’s going to take some time to realize the full financial impact.”

Caitlyn Blair is a contributing writer.

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By Scott McAfee, New Albany Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

Cultivating Beauty

Highlighting the recent installation of city’s first piece of public art

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hanks to artist and New Albany resident Renate Burgyan Fackler, the City of New Albany’s first piece of public art is now on display. The sculpture, named Cultivating Beauty, is located at the New Albany Community Garden on Village Hall Road, between village hall and the police station.

Many residents have seen Fackler’s work at The Ohio State University – the famous Brutus on a Bench at the Ohio Union – or the John Glenn Columbus International Airport – a bronze statue of Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. Additional works are showcased at chrysalissculpturestudio.com.

Read on to learn more about Fackler and her art.

City of New Albany: How did you get started as an artist?

Renate Burgyan Fackler: As a graduate of The Ohio State University School of Journalism, I found my way back to creating sculpture when diagnosed with pre-cancer cells at the age of 30.

I realized I needed to pursue my passion, living mindfully instead of just living.

CNA: What has been your favorite part of being an artist?

RBF: Sharing a message that is uplifting. With so much turmoil in

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the world, I strive to reach my audience at a place that supersedes the negativity; a place where we share the dance of life.

My impressionistic sculptures are full of movement and grace, and often dancers. When commissioned to create a particular sculpture, I work very closely with my client, with keen attention to their needs and desires, to produce a work that reflects their vision.

CNA: What drew you to creating sculptures?

RBF: I like the tactile nature of sculpture. I need to touch the clay. It’s in manipulating the tools, or just my hands, that I capture the gesture fully, as only a three-dimensional work can.

CNA: How did you get involved with creating a public work of art for the City of New Albany?

RBF: I actually created Cultivating Beauty in 1995. We vacationed in Maine, where lupines grow wild.

The sculpture is based on a book by Maine-based author Barbara Cooney, titled Miss Rumphius. She plants lupines, something like Johnny Appleseed. The essence of the book is to do something with your life to make the world a better place. I read this to our children, who at the time were 8 and 6, and was moved to create this sculpture. If we teach our children nothing else, doing something to make the world a better place is the thing I would choose.

After several years living various places in the Columbus area, we moved to New Albany where we have spent much time during the past 20plus years. Wanting to keep my sculp20

ture close to me, Hayley (Deeter) at Hayley Gallery suggested I approach the City of New Albany to find her a new home. The sculpture was installed at the community garden in the fall of 2019.

CNA: In New Albany, we like to say that community connects us. In your mind, what role does art play in connecting the community?

RBF: Art is an extremely integral part of connecting us to each other. In addition (to the Brutus and Jerrie Mock statues I created), I have a life-size Madonna and baby Jesus (sculpture) at St. Mary’s church in German Village. The Church of the Resurrection in New Albany is home to four scenes from the Bible depicting the resurrection through the Pentecost. Every one of these sculptures calls us to reflect, touch and be a part of the experience. I believe Cultivating Beauty invites the viewer to be inspired to plant, create new life and give hope.

CNA: What does it mean for you to have your artwork on display in your own community?

RBF: As a New Albany resident, I’m honored to have my work featured in a place where it can be shared with others who also appreciate the beauty of nature and the earth we share.

To watch a video about Cultivating Beauty, visit newalbanyohio.org/stories.

Scott McAfee is the New Albany chief communications & marketing officer. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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A Fresh Take The New Albany Farmers Market makes changes in the midst of COVID-19

By Brittany Mosley

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icnic blankets, live music and family time – New Albany residents love spending time together and supporting local businesses at the farmers market. Now in its 10th year, the market can host more than 40 vendors and 1,200 attendees in a given week.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic though, things have changed.

This season, the market has moved from its regular Market Square location to the Church of the Resurrection to ensure the safety of vendors and market shoppers. Guests have two options: a walk-up market and a drive-through market. The flexibility helps New Albany adapt to ever-changing guidelines surrounding COVID-19, whether the state continues to open up or stronger precautions need to be taken again.

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kets are doing around the country,” says Kristina Jenny, market manager. “New Albany doesn’t say, ‘I don’t think you can do that,’ but instead, ‘How can I help?’ and, ‘Who do I know that can help?’ That’s a central theme of this community.”

High Bank Distillery is providing hand sanitizer for free and the New Albany Community Foundation has continued its partnership with the market. Jenny and her team are seeing success with the new structure and hope that success continues throughout the summer.

“I think our community will continue to support us even though it’s different this year,” says Jenny.

Many vendors share Jenny’s confidence in the community.

“New Albany is great at coming together for a good cause,” says Jim Cushing of Charlotte and Olivia’s Sublime Ice Creams.

In fact, the market may be the best place to get your goods right now since

it supports the local economy and features right-from-the-farm produce. Plus, patrons can get their groceries in open air and socially-distanced spaces rather than indoors at a grocery store.

“We are a producer-focused market,” Jenny says. “The person that’s behind the booth is the person that planted the seed, watered the plant, picked the weeds. … That’s a very personal thing.”

The vendors’ commitment to their craft is why so many patrons return year after year. Each vendor prioritizes highquality and authentic goods created, sourced or grown in Ohio.

“For many of the vendors, we aren’t big enough to supply stuff to Kroger or Giant Eagle, or really don’t have the desire to do that,” says Cushing. “So, if you don’t see them at the farmers market, you don’t have a place to get their product.”

Leah Latshaw of Latshaw Apiaries agrees.

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“Some small businesses are facing tougher struggles now more than ever before,” she says. “Being there as part of that community to support those things that we value – like producing our food locally in a sustainable, high-quality manner, something that you know you can trust – is very important.”

Latshaw also feels that supporting the farmers market has an impact that extends beyond the person under each tent, something she can see in her own business.

“The money going to each product is money keeping the honey bee population as healthy as possible right now.

Because not only are our lives impacted by things like viruses, but they’re impacted by things like the health and quality of things like honey bees and the environment,” Latshaw says.

New Albany has always been about community support, and there is no

Charlotte and Olivia’s Sublime Ice Creams at the New Albany Farmers Market.

better time for that than now. Vendors also set an example by supporting each other. Cushing, for example, uses honey from Latshaw Apiaries in his ice cream.

Even if the farmers market doesn’t look the way it has for the past nine

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“I’m so used to interacting with people, and people can’t even see me smiling now. I have to tell them, ‘Yes, there’s a smile underneath that mask!’” Latshaw says, laughing.

Even if you can’t physically see the smiling faces or greet your neighbor with a hug, Cushing still sees an opportunity for the market to bring people together.

“This year, maybe customers won’t get to see their friends, but maybe they can still put together a farmers market family dinner,” says Cushing. “It’s still

an amazing place that’s not only a small business incubator, but it’s so- A map of the layout of the New Albany Farmers Market. cial. It gives everyone the opportunity to community. To support the market in eat better and learn about food, and the other ways, Jenny says volunteers are customers get to talk to the person that always needed. To apply, visit www. grew the tomatoes and raised the cow.” healthynewalbany.org/volunteer.

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community foundation series

By Bob Valasek

This is the fourth installment of a six-part series in 2020 highlighting the New Albany Community Foundation as it celebrates 25 years of transformative impact on our community.

Maintaining a Strong Foundation W

hile the New Albany Community Foundation’s impact can be felt in visionary programs such as the Jefferson Series and ambitious projects such as the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, the foundation’s most meaningful influence may be when it helps the community meet its most basic needs.

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of New Albany residents upside down, the foundation, its donors and its community partners solidified a plan, quickly refocusing on community-based efforts that support those in need during this unprecedented time.

Working as a convener, the foundation gathered city, school, business and community leaders to help raise, prioritize and distribute

funds to programs that could assist and benefit the community. Whether the partner was a large corporation or the donor was a local family, the foundation served as the community connector to ensure the effort had the greatest impact.

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Foundation donors help community respond to COVID-19 challenge

munity partnership. As the COVID-19 response began to take hold, Facebook took action.

“So far, we’ve donated almost $1.1 million in grants to a variety of organizations, and we’re not done yet,” says Amber Tillman, community development manager at Facebook. “This has included $37,900 to the New Albany Community Foundation which funded a box truck for New Albany Food Pantry deliveries to support New Albany-Plain Local School students, families and others for meals.”

As the schools moved to distance learning as a result of COVID-19, the NAFP knew that meant the 500 NAPLS students who receive breakfast or lunch at school would need support.

“When schools abruptly closed in mid-March, the pantry team quickly mobilized to activate emergency plans to both continue serving its existing clients and support NAPLS students during the closure,” says Jennifer Wilcoxon, NAFP executive director.

As the effects of distance learning and the stay-at-home order took hold, the pantry’s needs increased substantially.

“Our client numbers have risen close to 40 percent as we are now serving 77 new families and have provided 51,000-plus meals since schools closed,” says Wilcoxon. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Left, Julie Andrews, summer meals coordinator, assembles food to be distributed to New Albany-Plain Local School District families through the New Albany Food Pantry. Right, Jennifer Wilcoxon, director of the New Albany Food Pantry, and Emily Leatherman of AmeriCorps sort bagels and breads to be distributed to those families.

Additionally, community donations have also funded the pantry’s summer meals program, providing some muchneeded support during an uncertain time.

Angela Douglas, former pantry director and current operations director for Healthy New Albany, saw the effects of the foundation’s donors on the pantry immediately.

“We greatly appreciate the NACF’s efforts as it helped us purchase critical resources and raise visibility of the

work the pantry is doing,” says Douglas. “This is extremely important for us as many community members do not realize there are neighbors in our community that live in our school district that struggle with food insecurity.”

In addition to the need for food, the COVID-19 crisis revealed a need for personal protective equipment (PPE).

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Can A Local Community Respond To A Global Pandemic? The Answer Is A Resounding Yes. Like the pandemic, your response has been unprecedented. Because so many of you have given to our COVID-19 Assistance Fund, we have made grants of nearly $150,000 to the needs that are most important to you. We addressed food insecurity with a grant to the New Albany Food Pantry. A grant to the Wellbeing Connection was made in support of mental health services. While our grant to Form5 Prosthetics is funding the production of PPE face masks for our frontline responders.

In addition, grants were made to two local school groups, The Digital Eagles and The Antidote, both of which are manufacturing safety materials for healthcare workers. But our most significant efforts have been made in support of the schools. Where multiple grants and initiatives are making it possible for our children to return to a safe learning environment.

As the year began, we never envisioned the profound impact the coronavirus would have on our community. But like all communities, we have felt the effects of this global pandemic.

Moving forward, we will concentrate our efforts toward helping our schools prepare for the upcoming year. The outpouring of support from our neighbors, as well as local businesses, such as Huntington and Facebook, has been inspiring. But as you know, the need will continue. If you’ve given to the COVID-19 Assistance Fund, we sincerely thank you. And if you are yet to make a gift, we invite you to join us in this important effort.

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Aaron Westbrook, CEO of Form5 Prosthetics, set a goal to create 10,000 face shields in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

pany had to alter how it interacts with clients, so he set forth to use its skills and equipment differently.

“Our team quickly felt called to use our passion, creativity and 3-D printers to produce PPE for those in need,” says Westbrook.

Form5 set a goal to produce 10,000 face shields, nearly half of which they expected to complete before the end of May. “The foundation’s support to mobilize the community in a way that brings us together during such a difficult time to help each other out is what makes them so special,” Westbrook says.

It was a similar entrepreneurial spirit that drove three local brothers to do their part as well. As the reality of stay at home began to set in, Cooper, 14; Elliot, 11; and Simon Fleishman, 9 decided to do something productive with their time and energy.

As they began organizing some old toys in a donation pile, one of the boys had the idea to sell their collection of over 100 Thomas the Tank Engine toys and donate the money. They were happy when they found a buyer willing to give them $100 for their collection, but the excitement re28

Members of The Antidote with their tracking board of mask strain reliever orders. As of June, The Antidote had produced and distributed more than 14,000 MSRs that were sent all over the country to healthcare workers and first responders. Left to right: Aditya Chittari, Evan Garner and Varun Chitiveli. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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loom smiles b e w ally came when they learned about Huntington partnering with the foundation on a $25 for $25 gift matching program. The brothers’ $100 suddenly became $200.

“When we saw the initiative to utilize their $100 sale of the train toys and double the value during the foundation’s drive, the boys were even more excited to make that effort stretch even further,” says the boys’ mother, Jennifer Fleishman. “It was exciting to watch them light up again knowing they were able to trigger a bigger dose of good.”

Another beneficiary of the Huntington Match was the New AlbanyPlain Local Schools Student Success grants. The Student Success grants help the school district triage the immediate needs of local families, whether the need is for food, internet access or mental health services.

“The offer by the New Albany Community Foundation and the matching funds provided by Huntington Bank are incredible gestures,” says NAPLS Superintendent Michael Sawyers. “Together, our community partners and the school district are easing families’ anxiety to best meet the personal, academic and developmental needs of our students and families alike.”

Form5 was also a Huntington Match recipient.

Craig Mohre, president of the NACF, says the foundation’s efforts during this pandemic wouldn’t be possible without community support.

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Chitiveli, Chittari and Garner in their basement lab with samples of some of the thousands of mask strain relievers they produced with 3-D printers during the height of the pandemic.

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extraordinary community,” Mohre says.

“The giving spirit of our community is always strong, and during this unprecedented and unpredictable challenge, that light shines brighter than ever.”

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food

By Mallory Arnold

Am I Doing Enough?

Dig deeper in how you can help shop sustainably and eat cleaner

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t’s 2020 – everyone wants to be kind to the environment. You may think you’re doing all you can by purchasing organic food, but is there something more you can be doing? Is buying organic the only answer?

Buying Grass-Fed Products

Grass-fed beef has quickly become the epitome of health. It’s considered better for the environment compared to grain-fed beef because it requires less energy and promotes biodiversity.

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The USDA defines grass-fed as a diet consisting of 100 percent grass.

Some companies take advantage of loopholes in the system, so their livestock actually eats little else besides grain. Only 300 U.S. farms are certified with the American Grassfed Association (AGA), which guarantees animals are 100 percent grass-fed. Do your research to find out which companies have the AGA stamp of approval.

“Like other mostly meaningless label terms, grass-fed will become just another feel-good marketing ploy used by the major meat packers to dupe consumers into buying mass-produced, grain-fed feedlot meat,” the AGA says in a statement released in January 2016.

Experts also encourage consumers to shop directly from a farm or local gro-

cer, because those establishments are aware of the farming of their products from start to finish.

The way you eat meat isn’t the only way to change your environmental impact. In fact, a real change starts right in your coffee mug.

Coffee is the second-most traded commodity in the world, but often it is grown in unsustainable and unethical ways. Coffee plantations can promote deforestation, habitat loss, social erosion and unethical treatment of farmers.

To ensure you sip on guilt-free brew, look for coffee beans with The Rainforest Alliance certification. This label ensures that the farm you’re purchasing from stays forested, which protests wildlife habitats.

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Some Eco-friendly Foods Lentils have a low carbon footprint (43 times smaller than beef) because the legume requires little watering and actually clean soil in which they grow to enrich crops encompassing them.

Locally-grown tomatoes require little from the environment. The combined emissions amount to only 1.1 kilograms of carbon dioxide – in layman’s terms, that’s next to nothing.

Mussels are harvested through an eco-friendly process. They are collected on long ropes suspended in the ocean and have a low environmental impact. Not only that, while growing along the ropes, mussels eat food that naturally grows in the water, filtering and cleaning as they do.

Organic tofu creates 13 times less greenhouse emissions than beef. This protein source produces the carbon emission equivalent to a car driving less than 1 mile (per 4 ounces consumed.)

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Lamb may not always be on the table, but it produces 50 percent more greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram than beef. The amount of pollution created to feed and care for a lamb are similar to a cow, but little of the animal is actually eaten. This is why it tops the list of most un-ecofriendly foods you can eat.

Beef, is equally-destructive. It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef.

Pork isn’t red meat, but the environmental impact is still significant.

Eating a 4-ounce serving of pork can be compared to the same carbon footprint of driving a car for three miles.

Watch Your Waste

The clean plate club is a coveted group that our parents stressed to us when we were young. Little did we know how vital that “club” is now.

Each year, 80 billion pounds of food are wasted in the United States. All of that food required work and resources from the environment — water, energy, pesticides and pollution went into the production of that food. And yet, all of it www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Let’s Talk Labels How many times have you found yourself rooted to the spot in a grocery aisle with two products in hand, scrutinizing the confusing stickers and stamps on them? While many labels seem attractive, not everything is as it seems.

“Natural” When a product is labeled as “all-natural,” this usually means absolutely nothing. According to the FDA, there is no legal definition or certification for how the word should be applied.

“Non-GMO” Make sure products with this label have been made by the Non-GMO Project, but it’s prudent to point out that a 2013 study found “no significant hazards directly connected with the use of genetically-engineered crops.”

“Organic” The USDA uses three types of “organic” labels: • Certified organic means that the product cannot contain GMOs. • One hundred percent organic means that the product can contain organics as well as any synthetics the USDA says are safe.

• Organic means the product must contain at least 95 percent of organics by weight. goes to waste? That means the Earth is taking massive hits to its ecosystem for no reason at all.

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• Learn to compost food to keep scraps and waste out of landfills. As minor as it seems, every bit of food in a landfill takes a toll on the environment.

• Freeze food that can’t be eaten immediately, but could be consumed at a later date.

• Plan meals ahead of time.

• Purchase produce that’s imperfect.

Misshapen or oversized fruits and vegetables are often thrown away because they don’t look good enough to sell, but are perfectly fine to eat.

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student spotlight

By Brendan Martin

Hitting Deadline New Albany High School rising senior combats climate change before the clock strikes zero

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helsey Gilchrist is a climate change activist, and proud of it. Instead of sitting around and waiting for policymakers to combat climate change, she takes matters into her own hands.

In 2019, Gilchrist joined Zero Hour, a youth-led nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting climate change. The organization was founded by a few high school students in 2017 in Seattle, Washington, and has expanded across the globe at breakneck speeds. When Gilchrist heard about Zero Hour, she just knew she needed to join.

“I think a lot of people in my generation grew up with a lot of awareness about of what is happening, and I think I’ve been taught a lot about the powers of activism,” she says. “Throughout my

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childhood, I always heard these stories about how the world is in danger and how we need sustainable energy. … I knew (Zero Hour) was the best opportunity for me to demonstrate my passions and to actually do something.”

As a member of New Albany’s Zero Hour chapter, Gilchrist helps set up town hall meetings and climate strikes. Last September, she helped organize a strike in Columbus and scheduled activists to speak at the Ohio Statehouse.

The purpose of a climate strike is to remind the public that now is the time for us to take action. The Zero Hours’ homepage gives visitors this reminder with an ominous clock counting down to nine years in the future.

“That’s the deadline,” Gilchrist says.

“There’s zero hours left to take care of

climate change. Zero Hour’s head organization has a list of demands that they made to the federal government and the states and politicians. We have a list of rules that we want to achieve before that deadline.”

Like many young people, Gilchrist is inspired by the activism of 17-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden.

“Her activism is so simple and so poignant,” she says. “I feel like a lot of society gets kind of scared whenever they are discussing climate change because they don’t want our consumerism to end. They don’t want our oil spending and our way of life to stop because it’s so dependent on what ruins a sustained environment. … She is courageous to stand up to such older institutions and www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Gilchrist helps organize a climate strike at the Ohio Statehouse in September 2019.

to represent so much of what this generation wants for the future.”

Like Thunberg, Gilchrist should be revered in her own right. On top of being a member of Zero Hour, she is the president of New Albany High School’s Chinese culture club, co-leader in the Girl Up Club, section leader in the marching band, and a member of the Science, Oceanographic, Aerospace and Robotics club and National Honors’ Society.

“I remember Chelsey Gilchrist as being a very inquisitive, disciplined student,” says Sandy Reed, her former seventh-grade teacher. “She took and advanced in high school science courses while still in middle school. …

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nation to make a difference in the world stood out even in seventh grade. She is truly a leader in every sense of the word.

I have no doubt that she will do just that.”

In terms of adopting a more sustainable way of living, Gilchrist says it’s actually quite simple. She suggests using a reusable water bottle, recycling any time possible, using LED lights and turning the faucet off when it’s not in use.

“I think that people really need to take a cultural approach to this,” she says. “People really need to start making lifestyle choices and support the facts and apply that to their daily lives.”

Brendan Martin is a contributing writer.

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on the horizon

By Emily Real

Understanding the Science

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How long will it take to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and why is the process so lengthy?

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ntil researchers develop a vaccine, we are facing a new normal – one that we can expect to live with for at least another year. But what exactly is COVID-19 and why haven’t we seen a vaccine yet?

COVID-19 is an abbreviation of coronavirus disease 2019. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause illnesses like SARS, MERS and even the common cold. COVID-19 is just one kind of coronavirus and still relatively mysterious. Within two months, Ohio jumped from one confirmed case to more than 25,000.

The good news is that, while vaccine developments take years or decades, researchers don’t have to start completely from scratch to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Researching SARS and MERS vaccines have helped scientists identify possible approaches to developing a protection against COVID-19.

There are some roadblocks to producing this, however, according to the Mayo Clinic, these roadblocks include thorough safety testing requirements, accounting for the fact that, like the flu, people can become re-infected with COVID-19. It’s more complicated when one considers that older adults don’t typically respond as well to vaccines as younger populations.

Vaccine development is broken down into stages, and each stage has a highly variable timeline, which means it’s uncertain when a COVID-19 vaccine will be available.

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force Dr. Anthony Fauci optimistically says that we could have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020. However, Dr. Seema Yasmin, director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, emphasized in a WIRED Magazine article that this would be an emergency use authorized vaccine, not a fully approved one.

“Here’s a comparison,” Yasmin says in the article, “the fastest vaccine we previously developed was for mumps, and that took four years to develop, and typically, it takes 10 to 15 years to develop a vaccine. So, 12 to 18 months would be record-breaking.”

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It’s important to note that a vaccine and a cure are very different. A vaccine is a preventive product that protects people against a certain disease. A cure involves treating infected patients to help eliminate the diseases from their system.

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Phase 1: Exploration In this stage, drug companies play with different approaches to developing a vaccine. This phase normally takes two to four years. Because COVID-19 is similar to the first SARS virus, however, researchers have a head start.

Phase 2: Preclinical After possible vaccine candidates are identified, each one is tested in cell cultures and animals to see if it triggers an immune response.

“If there’s no immune response or the vaccine is causing harm to cells, then it’s back to square one,” says Yasmin in the same article. “The reality is there is no way to speed up this stage, and it will probably take at least a year (for COVID-19).”

Phase 3: Clinical trials After a vaccine candidate passes the clinical trials, it will be given to a small group of people. After that, progressively larger groups of people will receive the vaccine.

These phases normally take years to complete, but some bioethicists have recently proposed that because COVID-19 is so serious, challenge trials may 38

be considered to accelerate the process, according to experts at the World Health Organization. In a challenge trial, researchers intentionally infect the volunteers they vaccinate in a controlled environment to see if the vaccine effectively produces immunity.

“The potential value of doing (challenge trials for COVID-19) is amplified above almost any other case you can think of,” says Seema Shah, a medical ethicist at Northwestern University and Laurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in an article for WIRED Magazine. “So, even though we’d be crossing a boundary that’s been in place for a very long time, we think there’s enough reason to start investing in laying the groundwork for (challenge trials) now.”

Vaccine development for COVID-19 has already started. According to Healthline, officials at the National Institutes of Health recently said that large scale testing could begin as early as July with a vaccine available as soon as January 2021.

According to Healthline, major vaccine development projects that are currently underway as of late May include:

Moderna. This Seattle, Washington, company just announced that its mRNA-based vaccine has successfully produced COVID-19 antibodies in all 45 trial participants in the initial clinical phase of development.

Inovio. When COVID-19 appeared in December 2019, this company had already been working on a DNA vaccine for MERS, which gave them a head start in producing a COVID-19 vaccine. It’s currently preparing to start a phase 2/3 trial this summer.

University of Oxford. The University of Oxford in England started a clinical trial with more than 500 participants in late April 2020. Oxford officials said that its potential vaccine has an 80 percent chance for success and could be available as early as September. Its vaccine uses a modified version of the virus to trigger the patient’s immune system.

Emily Real is a contributing writer.

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Nature’s Greatest Gifts Enjoy nature all summer long despite the pandemic

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enry David Thoreau, an American essayist, poet and philosopher, once said, “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.� For two years, Thoreau practically lived in isolation in a small Massachusetts cabin on Walden Pond.

While we are all trying to make sense of life and the new normal, our community and Thoreau can agree that one thing remains true and steadfast: nature. The natural world surrounds us and is part of us, and we a part of it.

Our symbiosis is tangible and physical, simple biology.

While we seem to intuitively know the importance of our human connection to nature, various disciplines are researching and documenting the many physical, mental, psychological and spiritual benefits. Nature is credited with lowering stress and anxiety levels, improving self-esteem, mitigating symp-

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The United Kingdom created a 30day nature challenge which encouraged citizens to explore nature for 30 consecutive days. The results were remarkable, and the findings indicate an increase in health and happiness that lasted well beyond the 30 days.

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gy. Getting kids and grown-ups out into nature heals our bodies and restores our minds. Check out The National Wildlife Federation and Children & Nature Network for great insights, inspiration and ideas about how to reconnect with nature.

COVID-19 has certainly provided ample time and increased opportunities for people to disconnect from technology and get back to nature, whether by a walk in the neighborhood or park or simply sitting outside. Healthy New Albany is also helping people connect to the outdoors.

The New Albany Community Garden is sold out for the 2020 season.

The garden, presently located behind city hall, is a safe way to get outdoors and feel productive. Digging in the dirt provides the perfect opportunity to disconnect and breathe in nature.

The New Albany Farmers Market has done extensive planning to ensure we have a robust and safe market this year. The location for the 2020 season will be moved to the Church of the Resurrection (COTR) parking lot. Thank you to our good neighbors at COTR for offering this space for us to operate. Be sure to visit the market on Thursdays throughout the summer to connect to fresh local produce and other great offerings. To learn more, read A Fresh Take on page 21.

The Healthy New Albany School of Yoga is hosting outdoor yoga this summer in Rose Run Park as well as outdoor programming for adults and families. Check out the Healthy New Albany website, www.healthynewalbany.org, for more information.

When trying to find steady ground with which to orient ourselves, nature and our natural world seems a suitable and reliable option. Nature, while volatile, unpredictable and ever-changing, is unceasing and ever present. As we quiet our days and look for ways to heal and calm our minds, the benefits of convening with nature may be important now more than ever.

Angela Douglas is the operations manager for Healthy New Albany.

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