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* More than art: FLOW Northside Arts Crawl promotes healthy eating
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/99809
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/99809> by Sagirah Shahid, TC Daily
Planet • This year’s FLOW Northside Arts Crawl <http://flownorthside.org/>
brought more than just great art. Organizers promoted healthy eating as one
of the main messages of the festival. *
* Minneapolis may restrict flavored tobacco products
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/99831
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/99831> by Lydia Schwartz, Insight News
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/partners/insight-news> • Local activists
argue that despite recent statewide tax hikes, the tobacco industry
continues to target inner-city youth with cheap, candy flavored tobacco
products. Cigarillos in particular, cost significantly less than a regular
pack cigarettes and are better at covering up the harsh taste, even though
they are more detrimental to one's health. And despite restrictions on
advertising, smoking cigarillos continues to play a heavy role in hip-hop
culture and social media. *
* Grant to Neighborhood Health Source prompts business shuffle on Central
Ave. http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/99830
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/99830> by Gail Olson
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/profiles/gail-olson> Northeaster
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/partners/northeaster> • In about a year, at
least two Central Avenue blocks will look completely different, when a
three-business change—involving a medical clinic, a mortuary, and a
Walgreens drug store—gets fully underway. The planning started two years
ago, when Neighborhood Health Source won a $3 million federal grant to
replace its Central Avenue Clinic at 2610 Central Ave. NE. *