This case study highlights the efforts of a community advisory committee in developing an action plan to increase citizens’ physical activity and access to healthy foods.
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Citation: Active Living By Design. Active Living By Design Case Study: Community Advisory Committee Creates City Support for Physical Activity. Mount Vernon, WA. 2006.
Framework for elected officials to create compact, mixed-use, walkable, transit-oriented developments in their local communities.
Citation: Calthorpe P, Corbett M, Duany A, et al. The Ahwahnee Principles for Resource-Efficient Communities. Sacramento, CA. Local Government Commission. 1991.
Practical application of healthy community principles for the benefit of older adults in the cities of Hayward, Citrus Heights, and Chino, CA. Demographics, overview of the planning process, and issues are discussed.
Citation: Smith C. Applying the “Healthy Cities and Communities” Approach to Creating a Livable Main Street for Older Adults. Symposium: Environmental Civic Engagement: It’s Working, Gerontological Society of America 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 21, 2009, Public Health Institute, Center for Civic Partnerships.
Introduces the ARC Lifelong Communities Initiative, one of the most comprehensive regional efforts in the US to transform policy and practice to better accommodate a growing older adult population. The site includes many useful tools for community design, process, and policy and demonstrates the potential of public-private partnerships and of activities that create a new vision for the future. For a good summary of the Initiative, see also the Spring 2010 issue of Georgia Generations.
Citation: Atlanta Regional Commission. Lifelong Communities: A Framework for Planning. 2010.
Presentation on baby boomers’ effect on communities in: housing, health, transportation, land use planning, public safety, parks and recreation, and more. Highlights efforts in Florida, New York, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Illinois to prepare for an aging population.
Citation: Markwood S. Baby Boomers Get Smart: Local and State Strategies to Prepare for the Aging Population. Washington, DC. National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, New Partners in Smart Growth Conference. February 8, 2008.
Initiated by the Georgia General Assembly and conducted by the Georgia Council on Aging. Recommendations on ways to address needs of current and future older adult population: housing, transportation, civic engagement, health and economic self-sufficiency. Full report posted on Web site for Georgia Council on Aging.
Citation: Georgia Council on Aging. Georgia for a Lifetime: Preparing for Georgia’s Future: Executive Summary. Atlanta, GA. 2008.
This case study depicts a partnership between community schools and the Pitts County, North Carolina, recreation department in making school facilities available during after-school hours to promote physical activity and exercise among people of all ages.
Citation: Active Living By Design. Active Living By Design Case Study: Partnership Between Local School District and County Open School Physical Activity Facilities to Public. Greenville, NC. 2006.