While the key goal of any redevelopment effort is strengthening the local tax base, neighborhood revitalization efforts can go a long way toward improving residents’ health and quality of life. New Opportunities for Redevelopment: Working with Public Health explores what redevelopment staff can do to advance economic and public health goals simultaneously -- and how partnering strategically with public health agencies and community residents can build strong public support for redevelopment plans.

This is the fifth episode in our series of podcast stories that show how redevelopment can help make communities healthier. This series, available through HealthyPlanning.org or iTunes, brings to life how the redevelopment process helped advance public health, improving local air quality and making parks and healthy food more accessible.

We invite you to subscribe to the podcast, or visit our website to follow along weekly. The release schedule is as follows:

• January 19: Oakland: A Struggle to Be Heard
• January 26: San Jose: A Voice in the Process
• February 2: Richmond: A Change in the Air
• February 9: San Francisco: A Fresh Approach
• February 16: New Opportunities for Redevelopment: Working with Public Health
• February 23: New Opportunities for Public Health: Working with Redevelopment