Economic development and redevelopment agencies manage a range of local, state, and federal economic development and public financing programs that can be leveraged to build healthy communities.
We have materials for public health advocates and community residents who want to improve access to healthy foods and physical activity by working with redevelopment agencies.
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With many shared goals and valuable resources to direct toward neighborhood revitalization efforts, public health and redevelopment agency staff make powerful allies.
This fact sheet is...
Public health advocates and community residents can help improve access to healthy foods and physical activity by working with redevelopment agencies to revitalize “blighted” ...
This guide provides an overview of the framework, tools, and general practices of redevelopment, showing how redevelopment projects can help improve residents' health while strengthening the...
Local efforts to rebuild "blighted" neighborhoods offer a prime opportunity to attract grocery stores and other healthy food outlets to the areas that need them most. During this webinar, we...
Over the past decade, a growing number of advocates have begun partnering with corner store owners in low-income urban and rural communities to improve the availability and marketing of healthy,...
The Healthy Planning Guide provides a broad overview of development strategies for healthier communities. The guide links health risks (poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, etc.) to...
In early 2007, Planning for Healthy Places participated in conversations on Planetizen Interchange. Use the links below to navigate to the blog posts contributed by our program:
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Grocery stores are valuable assets to a community: not only do they make healthy food more accessible, but they also can provide living-wage jobs, raise the value of surrounding property, and...
Revitalizing distressed neighborhoods through the formal process known as redevelopment can transform entire communities, bringing an array of benefits that improve residents’ health.
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These fact sheets summarize research linking health outcomes to the built environment: one for health practitioners and advocates, in which the research is categorized according to public health...
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