Healthy Community Design: Success Stories from State and Local Leaders

This report highlights the work of officials who support changes in community design that provide more opportunities for people to get routine physical activity. Some of these efforts stem from a desire to support economic development, others to decrease environmental degradation or improve residents' quality of life. But all stories serves as examples of how vision, leadership and dedication can enable healthy community design.

Organization	Active Living Leadership
Resource Type	Case Study
Location	National
Download	HealthyCommunityDesign_ALL.pdf

Ron Sims, executive of King County, Washington, is working to make the county—which includes the City of Seattle—the healthiest in the nation. In an interview with the Active Living Network, Si ...

Broomfield - Colorado: A Mayor's Vision

Broomfield, Colorado, Mayor Karen Stuart is a pioneering leader whose efforts have helped transform her county from a typical Denver suburb to a thriving, activity-friendly community.Through a numb ...

Planning Livable Communities

This is an online platform where people can provide and receive information regarding pedestrian issues.

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Ron Sims: An Elected Official's Perspective

In an interview with the Active Living Network, King County, Wash., executive Ron Sims discusses the importance of designing for active living.and why he's taking it personally. This PDF details th ...

Waksik Wago - Winnebago A.L.

Waksik Wago is a partnership that serves the tribal Winnebago Village in rural Eastern Nebraska. An Indian term for "active people," Waksik Wago is focused on creating safe routes and co ...

Active Living Partnerships at Stapleton (ALPS)

The Active Living Partnership at Stapleton (ALPS) promotes and studies the benefits of healthy community design in Stapleton and the surrounding neighborhoods. Over the next 15 to 20 years, the cit ...

Active Seattle

A mapping process in five Seattle neighborhoods involves neighbors of all ages and ethnicities to make the places they live and work more walkable. Target neighborhoods are: Greenwood, Delridge, La ...

Active Living Metro Portland

This project involves three Portland Metro area neighborhoods in two counties. Damascus, a 13,600-acre rural residential neighborhood of 3,600, merges significant development due to the recent ex ...

Making Places for Healthy Kids: An environmental scan of places designed for children to be active

This report, produced by the Active Living Network, examines eight efforts to make changes to the built environment that create opportunities for children to be more physically active in their dail ...

Healthy Schools for Healthy Kids - Active Living

This 2003 report examines school-based physical activity and healthy eating programs to help curb the nation's childhood obesity epidemic. Pyramid Communications, a Seattle-based strategic publ ...

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