About 18 months ago, a group of Indiana University faculty and staff and Lawrence County leaders considered creative and effective ways to collaborate on community-identified opportunities and challenges. A list of 40 project ideas was narrowed to 14, and 20 IU Bloomington classes -- composed of more than 550 graduate and undergraduate students, taught by 16 faculty members -- joined county residents to realize goals that support a healthy, resilient and prosperous community.

