Closer Look with Rose Scott

Closer Look: New Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center Provides Stress-Relief for Employees; ‘Queer Eye’ Fashion Expert Tan France Talks New Memoir; ‘Open for Business’ with Grantlanta Lawn

August 13, 2019

Tuesday on “Closer Look with Rose Scott”:

  • 0:00: Rose gives a news brief on the high temperatures and a round-up of local cooling centers.
  • 2:20: At the Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, a new program provides space for doctors, nurses and other hospital employees to focus on their own health. The Integrative Health Employee Renewal Center is equipped with a yoga room, mats, essential oils and other equipment designed to help employees with stress relief.

    Reba McVay, Director of Cardiovascular Services, uses the renewal center. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Today, we visit the recently opened center and receive a tour from Kat Roberts, the manager of the program. Kat also credits Apollonia Fortuna, her teacher and mentor, and Christi Jordan, the Integrative Health Educator, for their help creating the center.
  • Dr. Greg Smith of the Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center uses the Integrative Health Employee Renewal Center reading room. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • Kat Roberts, manager of Integrative Health and Volunteer Services, gives Closer Look a tour of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s new Integrative Health Employee Renew Center, which provides a space for employees to de-stress. (Grace Walker/WABE)
  • 25:39: On a recent trip to Atlanta, Tan France, fashion expert from the hit Netflix series “Queer Eye,” sat down with Closer Look to discuss his new memoir, “Naturally Tan,” his recent rise to fame, and what it was like filming the show’s first season here in Georgia.
  • 38:24: On today’s edition of the “Open for Business” series, we hear the story of Grantlanta Lawn, a local landscaping business. The businesses’ founder, Grant Wallace, launched Grantlanta three years ago while working as a musician. We join Wallace while he mows the lawn at a home in Grant Park.
Grant Wallace, founder of Grantlanta Lawn, mows a lawn in Grant Park. (Candace Wheeler/WABE)

Closer Look is produced by Candace Wheeler and Grace Walker. Joy Barge is a contributing producer. 

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