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- February 16, 2016

CEO Update: Farmers, Football, and Healthcare
By Michelle Mills on February 16, 2016Read moreCEO Update: Farmers, Football, and Healthcare Way to go Broncos, the game was amazing! As you know on February 9th, Colorado showed its pride as over one million people flooded the streets of Denver to welcome the Broncos home after the Super Bowl win. Local patriotism represented by every...
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- January 26, 2016

CEO Update: Making a Difference
By Matthew Enquist on January 26, 2016Read moreRecently, a tragedy struck my community in Parker, Colorado where three high school boys were involved. Three teenaged boys fell into a lake, and our town lost two of them to complications. In light of the catastrophic event, we have rallied to help one another as neighbors, as friends...
- December 22, 2015

CEO Update: What Matters to You?
By Michelle Mills on December 22, 2015Read moreCEO Update: What Matters to You? I recently visited Universal Studios and spent time in in the world of Harry Potter and it sparked my thoughts on the trials and tribulations that Harry faced through the series of events that involved a good beginning that quickly gave way to...
- November 20, 2015

The Power of Rural
By Michelle Mills on November 20, 2015Read moreAs you may recall, I’m totally obsessed with the Hunger Game’s series and the next movie was just released. In a recent interview, Jennifer Lawrence said, “it’s an important story about how powerful one voice can be.” I completely agree, one voice can make all the difference, but gathering...
- October 28, 2015

CEO Update: October is National Community Planning Month
By Michelle Mills on October 28, 2015Read moreThank you everyone for taking your time this month to spend with us at the CAH Workshop and 2015 Annual Rural Health Conference. It was so wonderful to connect with you, our rural community! During the conference we had the opportunity to hear from Crystal Jonas about connecting as...
- September 14, 2015

CEO Update: I THINK I CAN I THINK I CAN!
By Michelle Mills on September 14, 2015Read moreDo you remember this story from childhood about the train trying to make it up the hill and the phrase he used to motivate himself? I think I can, I think I can. Much of my life I have repeated these words to myself starting with achievements in sports...
- August 24, 2015
CEO Update: Appreciation
By Michelle Mills on August 24, 2015Read moreAppreciation is defined as “a feeling of being grateful for something, an ability to understand the worth, quality, or importance of something, an ability to appreciate something, and a full awareness or understanding of something.” Kids are back to school and fall is upon us with the cooler mornings...
- July 23, 2015

CEO Update: Data, Data, Data
By Michelle Mills on July 23, 2015Read moreThis summer is flying by and I can hardly believe it’s the end of July! In the last four weeks I’ve attended four conferences and instead of July being known for Christmas in July sales, the month is getting a reputation as one of the busiest for conferences! There...
- June 16, 2015
CEO Update: Rural Population Health
By Michelle Mills on June 16, 2015Read moreLast weekend I had the opportunity to see U2 perform, and the concert was amazing! One of the things that I like so much about U2 is that they not only devote time to music, but they spend a good deal of time raising awareness and advocating for causes...
- May 19, 2015

