Pueblo County, Colorado created a pilot program and gave away eBikes to essential workers. Hear how a simple thing like a new bike is changing the lives of riders.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

Libraries are more than book lenders. Hear how modern libraries are expanding way beyond books and magazines.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

They are the first to rush in but the last to get help. Their normal day is usually someone's worst day. First responders undergo stress and trauma most people can't begin to understand. In Cumberland County, PA a new program is supporting these folks with dealing with the stress most first responders typically just try to bury.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

Teaching technology to senior citizens, especially your parents can be tough, but Montgomery County, Maryland has found a way to make it work.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

A new apartment building for teachers in Welch, WV is just one of the projects created by Reconnecting McDowell that is changing a coal dependent county toward a more prosperous future.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

A lavender farm is on the site of former coal field. Meet the people who are bringing jobs and a new industry to the former coal country in Boone County, West Virginia.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

A discussion about Good Government and the Good Government show with host David Martin and Montgomery County, Maryland County Commissioner Craig Rice. This includes a preview of Season 2.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Martin, David Snyder Hosts/Reporters: Carol D'Auria and David Martin Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Media Manager: Chris Queen Editor: Jason Stershic Transcriptions: Kofi Ajeasi Ampah

Developers created miles and miles of beautiful waterfront coastline, but that also created water so polluted you couldn’t sit outside — the smell was putrid. But Monroe County realized that water was their lifeblood. Listen and hear very forward-thinking ideas that are bringing back fish life into now clean waters —-one canal at a time.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Snyder Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Associate Producers: Jade Ludlow, MacKenzie Martin Editor: Jason Stershic

Putting young teenagers in jail for felony offenses gets them off the street for awhile but it doesn’t rehabilitate them. So, in Smith County, Texas they found a better way. It’s called Hope Academy and it’s an alternative to the county lock up. Here kids learn to live and work and they create a positive future for themselves. When you listen to these stories you won’t believe how well it’s working.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Snyder Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Associate Producers: Jade Ludlow, MacKenzie Martin Editor: Jason Stershic

People with disabilities in Harford County, Maryland now have a wonderful way to get exercise thanks to a local plan. It’s a sensory trail and it features among other things a huge drum, 9-foot-high chimes, a roller table for tactile sliding and lots of other activities for fun and relaxation. There’s also a specially designed baseball field for wheelchairs. For many kids, this is a way to use a park that in the past was out of bounds. Just listen to the enthusiasm in their voices.

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Executive Producers: Jim Ludlow, David Snyder Producers: Carol D'Auria, David Martin, Jason Stershic Associate Producers: Jade Ludlow, MacKenzie Martin Editor: Jason Stershic