A Plan to Promote Active Lifestyles
Learn how to use a collaborative approach to develop a bi-state regional trails plan.
Speakers: Cindy Heath, Special Projects Coordinator, Lebanon Recreation & Parks, Lebanon NH; Russell Hirschler, Executive Director, Upper Valley Trails Alliance, Norwich, VT; Julian A. Reed, Ed.D., MPH, Furman University
Learn how to use a collaborative approach to develop a bi-state regional trails plan. Explore strategies for successful citizen participation, with a focus on underserved populations, how to position trail projects as economic stimulators, and hold to increase community health. Case studies from the RWJ Active Living By Design project, the Upper Valley NH Healthy Eating Active Living project, and Safe Routes To School and Safe Routes To Play will be examined. Also, hear about Michigan’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative, designed to increase physical activity among low-income and minority populations and enhance trails to promote these activities.
Why Trails Matter: Trails and Greenways Promote Health
posted Feb 1, 2024
Trails and greenways create healthy recreation and transportation opportunities by providing people of all ages with attractive, safe, accessible and low- or no-cost places to cycle, walk, hike, jog or skate.
STEP IT UP! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
posted Jan 22, 2024
The Call to Action provides strategies that communities can use to support walking, which we hope will result in long-lasting changes to improve the health and health care of Americans today and of the generations that follow.
Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook
posted Dec 29, 2023
Consider this workbook as a starting point. Every project is different. This workbook is intended as a guide to be adapted for specific situations.
posted Dec 29, 2023
Call it walking. Call it hiking. Seldom has something so much fun also turned out to be so good for us!
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