PHLP’s Heather Wooten headed to Washington, D.C., in June to present at an American Planning Association (APA) Planners Training Service workshop. This was the first time the APA has offered a course on how to integrate public health concerns such as food, physical activity, and air and water quality into comprehensive plans.  Heather co-taught a short course that emphasized the role of planners in supporting public health goals and building healthy communities.

Heather is a senior planning and policy associate for ChangeLab Solutions' Planning for Healthy Places team, where she researches best practices, develops tools, and works with communities to connect land use, economic development, and health.