Healthy Community Design Checklist
Recently published by the Healthy Community Design Initiative, this plain-language checklist was written for community members with little or no knowledge of the public health and built environment connection. It includes healthy community design elements that should be considered while participating in a land-use planning process.Learn More: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/factsheets/
Healthy_community_Checklist.pdf
Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report
In this new report, the Alliance for Biking & Walking ranks all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities on bicycling and walking levels, safety, funding, written policies on bicycling and walking, education and encouragement activities, and the economic impact of bicycling and walking. The report was funded by CDC's Healthy Community Design Initiative.Learn More: http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php
/site/memberservices/2012_benchmarking_report/
Quotes
"The creative class is demanding the option of walkable urbanism. These creative class workers need to cluster. And the big thing from an economic point of view is that if you don't give the market the walkable option that they want, they're going somewhere else. And if you're in your 40s and 50s, your kids are going to go someplace else."
—Christopher Leinberger, author of The Option of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream
The Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth Speaker Series hosts speakers on a monthly basis at the National Building Museum. Speakers describe, explore, identify and foster dialog on positive change in growth and development patterns.
Find out who participates in the Smart Growth Network (SGN) and how they can help your community. »» Go
