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Carita Michael urang<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Pikeun kota d\u00e9sa salamet sareng maju, \u00e9ta peryogi aks\u00e9s kana perawatan kas\u00e9hatan anu berkualitas tinggi. \u00c9ta og\u00e9 peryogi kasempetan \u00e9konomi sareng rasa komunitas anu kuat. Jalan Utama anu lincah tiasa penting, janten hub sentral pikeun perdagangan, interaksi sosial, sareng rasa tempat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O'Neill, hiji kota sakitar 3,500 urang ayana di dataran picturesque di kal\u00e9r-w\u00e9taneun Nebraska, boasts sadayana di luhur. O'Neill celebrates sajarah panjang sarta tradisi kuat, utamana dina warisan Irlandia na, nu sohor jeung hajatan Po\u00e9 St Patrick urang taunan. Perawatan kas\u00e9hatan kualitas luhur sayogi di Rumah Sakit Avera St Anthony urang<\/a>, babarengan jeung klinik perawatan prim\u00e9r afiliasi na kantor dokter. Puseur kotana pinuh ku pesona sareng gedong bersejarah.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salah sahiji wangunan \u00e9ta, wangunan Shelhamer sajarah, geus staples di O'Neill saprak 1944. \u00c9ta sakali dilayanan salaku spasi gathering komunitas - a kaf\u00e9 gabungan, toko grocery, creamery, hatchery, sarta locker daging - tapi geus deteriorated leuwih taun. Lima taun ka tukang, \u00e9ta ngamimitian kahirupan anyar salaku Gedong Handlebend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handlebend mangrupakeun ngadegna unik. Bag\u00e9an toko tambaga pikeun cangkir tambaga anu didamel ku tangan anu paling dikenal, bagian warung kopi, kafe, sareng kamar keran - sadayana kalayan niat ngawangun komunitas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pikeun Michael Steppe, ko-pangadeg sareng ko-boga Handlebend, baheula mangrupikeun prolog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salaku budak lalaki tumuwuh nepi di pinggiran hiji kota d\u00e9sa, anjeunna bakal ngajajah undulations lemah lembut tina rupa bumi jeung babaturan - Nebraska \u00e9ta backyard maran\u00e9hanana. Aranjeunna naek pasir sarta traversed ranjang Creek dugi aranjeunna ngahontal ranjang kabeungharan disumputkeun, urut situs dump ngeusi kaliwat. Kawas antiquarians leutik, maran\u00e9hna bakal ngagali botol parfum kaca jeung kal\u00e9ng bir heubeul, relishing dina pamanggihan maran\u00e9hanana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"Kuring geus ngalaman hiji kasangsaraan ti saprak kuring masih budak, hiji afinitas pikeun hal heubeul," ceuk Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anjeunna og\u00e9 ny\u00e9\u00e9pkeun waktos sakedik di Spalding, Nebraska, nganjang sareng nini-nini. Saatos gar\u00e9ja, sakumna kota bakal ngumpul deui di Antler Bar and Grill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"Akina salawasna boga saku pinuh ku suku keur naon video game \u00e9ta sapanjang t\u00e9mbok. Kuring masih bisa ngan apal kana rasa jeung bau, tabel sarta korsi di tempat \u00e9ta, sarta Kuil Shirley,"Sa Michael. "\u00c9ta bagian ged\u00e9 tina budak leutik kuring."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nalika waktuna pikeun milarian lokasi anu langkung cocog pikeun bisnis cangkir tambaga anu ngembang, anjeunna og\u00e9 ngarep-arep nyiptakeun pusat pikeun ngumpul sareng ngawangun komunitas. Gedong anu ageung sareng nonjol di Jalan Utama anu anjeunna na\u00e9k kana sap\u00e9dahna sababaraha kali janten budak lalaki janten tempat anu sampurna. renovasi ieu salaku lovingly r\u00e9ngs\u00e9 salaku penggalian situs ark\u00e9ologis budak leutik na. Naon Antler Bar na grill \u00e9ta pikeun Spalding, Handlebend pikeun O'Neill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"Ieu bar; urang boga bir jeung inuman nu ngandung alkohol jeung mules. Tapi \u00e9ta leuwih ti \u00e9ta, "sa Michael. "Anjeun teu bakal boga budak anjeun dina bar di 9:30 on Sabtu wengi, sarta di dieu teu nanaon boga imah pinuh, pak kids ngajalankeun ngaliwatan wangunan, ngabogaan fun. Kuring mikir deui sakabeh taun ka budak leutik kuring, sarta eta ngajadikeun kuring reueus aya nu bade janten sakabeh generasi murangkalih anu asalna ti dieu y\u00e9n wangunan ieu bakal boga leungeun dina nyieun O'Neill imah maran\u00e9hanana. "<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handlebend ayeuna mekar, kalayan rencana pikeun \u00e9kspansi. Aranjeunna parantos ny\u00e9\u00e9pkeun 18 bulan terakhir ngawangun 250-galon masih tina tambaga sareng tujuanana pikeun muka panyulingan kalayan vodka, gin, sareng wiski buatan Nebraska taun payun. Pikeun anu di luar O'Neill ngarencanakeun kunjungan, jalan-jalan pondok ti Handlebend Taproom nya\u00e9ta Handlebend House - dua kamar tidur, dua kamar mandi anu disewakeun ku perusahaan. Pikeun anu aya di jero, Handlebend ayeuna nyewa langkung seueur staf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"\u00c9ta flips narasi," ceuk Michael. "Salila dua dekade, narasi parantos 'perusahaan Am\u00e9rika sareng kota-kota ageung ngagaringkeun sareng ma\u00e9han jalan-jalan utama di kota-kota alit di Nebraska,' sareng jalma-jalma ny\u00e9\u00e9pkeun artos di Amazon tinimbang toko lokal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nalika jantung kota ketukan kuat kalayan perawatan kas\u00e9hatan anu tiasa diaks\u00e9s sareng kahaneutan komunitas anu caket, unggal warga tiasa mekar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Michael Stepp<\/strong>
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Handlebend<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1444,"template":"","class_list":["post-1443","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nForging Community in Rural Nebraska - Nebraska Rural Health Campaign<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iloveruralhealth.com\/su\/stories\/forging-community-in-rural-nebraska\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forging Community in Rural Nebraska - Nebraska Rural Health Campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michael\u2019s Story For a rural town to survive and thrive, it needs access to high-quality health care. It also needs economic opportunities and a strong sense of community. 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