These resources explore healthy community design and strategies for integrating physical activity into our daily lives.
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These resources explore healthy community design and strategies for integrating physical activity into our daily lives.
Looking for a specific topic or geography? Use the advanced search tool.
Thursday, May 11th from 11am-12pm PT
Featuring speakers from Oregon State Parks, Safe Routes Partnership, and Oregon Department of Transportation, this webinar will highlight state and federal funding opportunities communities and organizations can use to improve safe, convenient, and equitable access to parks and other essential community destinations.
Funding reflects priorities. State funding allocations, grant programs, project selection criteria, and technical assistance programs shape communities across the state. This fact sheet covers how states prioritize goals like equity, local planning, and project implementation by incentivizing actions that move communities toward those goals. It includes examples from multiple states to serve as inspiration and ideas for how to connect these approaches to Safe Routes to Parks initiatives.
Check out this new publication, Let the Good Vibes Flow: Staying Active and Connected Through Community Walk & Roll Programs, inspired by Healthy Savannah’s community health and wellness initiative.
Portland has a reputation as being one of the best cities for biking in the country. But while investments over the past several decades have been focused on downtown and affluent close-in neighborhoods, low-income communities and communities of color in the greater Portland region have been historically marginalized and underinvested in.
This fact sheet provides an overview for advocates and community members on the benefits of complete streets policies. NPLAN has models and findings that you can tailor and use in your community.
Kohl’s and Healthier Generation are helping families prioritize healthy living and create home environments where everyone can thrive.
This document provides some ideas for how to stay active while practicing safe social distancing, including ways to make your walk more fun, Earth Day themed activities, and safe walking and biking educational resources.