Bastrop County was chosen as a finalist for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize, a collaboration between RWJF and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. As a 2021 finalist, Bastrop County is one step closer to the national prize, which honors communities working at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity for all. As the sole 2021 finalist from Texas—and the state’s first rural community to be recognized by the prize—Bastrop County joins eight other finalist communities from across the country. Winners will be announced this fall. “We are pleased to advance as a RWJF Culture ...