THE CHELSEA PROJECT

The Chelsea Project was a remarkable initiative that brought together experts from various fields to address the COVID-19 pandemic response in the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts. The project unified efforts from a diverse set of stakeholders that included city government departments, community-based organizations, local hospitals, for-profit startups, and nonprofits. By combining expertise from multiple perspectives, decision makers were better informed, and the city was able to organize a coordinated response that engaged directly with the community. We've written extensively about the different aspects of the project (wastewater monitoring, community education, vaccine outreach, and rapid testing), the challenges we faced, our successes, and our learnings that you can read at thechelseaproject.org and interventions.centerofci.org... The Chelsea Project is an endeavor to create a long-term, self-sustaining, and resilient public health system. The project involves building block-level..