Health happens in communities, in the spaces where we come together, live, and work; where children go to school and play; and where we seek care and services.
North Sound Accountable Community of Health (North Sound ACH) is an independent nonprofit organization committed to building vibrant and healthy communities, places where all can live full lives. We convene diverse individuals and organizations to foster meaningful community-led collaboration leading to equitable well-being, fewer people suffering and struggling and more people thriving.
Recent Blog Posts
- Partner Spotlight: Kulshan Community Land TrustKulshan Community Land Trust is a housing organization, providing permanently affordable homeownership opportunities to low- to moderate-income community members in Whatcom County. They broke ground on a new 18-home neighborhood of beautiful, permanently affordable, energy-efficient homes near amenities and public transportation this month! LaFreniere Court will be finished in spring 2025. Check out the Bellingham Herald… Read more: Partner Spotlight: Kulshan Community Land Trust
- ACH Goes To The LegislatureOn March 6, Cynthia Andrews and Marco Morales traveled to Olympia for the Washington State Public Health Association Legislative Day to meet with our representatives and senators across the North Sound region, and share with them some of the exciting collaborative work that is happening across their legislative districts with North Sound ACH and our… Read more: ACH Goes To The Legislature
North Sound ACH Land Acknowledgement: We begin by acknowledging, with humility, that the land where we are today, is the territory of the People of the Salish Sea. Their presence is imbued in the waterways, shorelines, valleys and mountains of the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People – Since Time Immemorial…