Community Health Infrastructure Projects-CHIP:
GPT's 2025/2026 PUUSH initiative is dedicated to launching a transformative Health Equity-Driven Incubator Framework that combines culturally competent health education with innovative business training. This CHIP framework empowers individuals to establish and sustain health-focused businesses, enhancing both community wellness and economic vitality in underserved areas.
GPT is also evaluating the potential for establishing a network of health related incubators within the south-central Appalachian region, which would support small health related businesses in low-income urban areas. This network will provide essential resources and training to help local entrepreneurs successfully navigate the economic landscape.
Supporting projects like the MLK Healthy Corridor, will help create safer, more accessible neighborhoods that foster vibrant green spaces for walking, running, biking, and exercising in the newly designed "Downtown East at Five Points."
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GPT's lifecycle approach is intented to build on developing health focused and smart growth communities within urban areas of Appalachia.
Ideation: Community-Driven Visioning
Planning: Creating a Roadmap for Wellness and Growth
Launch: Piloting Wellness Economics in Action
Growth: Scaling Impact Across Interrelated Areas
Profitability: Achieving Long-Term Wellness Economics
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Over the next 18 months, under the PUUSH initiative, efforts will focus on launching new programs for the MLK Healthy Corridor Project in East Knoxville. This involves creating a community health hub and identifying a site for a pilot health-focused business incubator. The aim is to support enterprises and create a wellness-driven economic base rooted in cultural understanding and accessibility.
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave Healthy Corridor
Supporting projects like the MLK Healthy Corridor for safer, more accessible neighborhoods.
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Health Equity-Driven Incubator Framework
This program aligns directly with GPT’s goals of reducing health disparities by enhancing healthcare providers’ ability to serve minority and underserved populations effectively.
A community infrastructure focused on health can lower healthcare costs, reduce chronic diseases, and decrease violence. By integrating health programs and wellness-driven economic initiatives, underserved communities benefit from improved well-being and resilience.