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Using the Built Environment to Promote Active Living and Healthy Eating. Noelle Dobson Healthy Active Oregon Bend, Oregon April 28, 2006. Active Living by Design promotes community environments that offer choices for integrating physical activity into daily life. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Using the Built Environment to
Promote Active Living and Healthy Eating
Noelle DobsonHealthy Active Oregon
Bend, OregonApril 28, 2006
Active Living by Design promotes community environments that offer
choices for integrating physical activity into daily life.
www.activelivingbydesign.org
Active Living Leadershipwww.activelivingleadership.org
Active Living Networkwww.activeliving.org
Active Living Researchactivelivingresearch.org
Active Living Resource Centeractivelivingresources.org
Active Living Blueprintwww.agingblueprint.org
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Active Living by Design Preparation: partnership development,
master plans Promotion: increase understanding Programs: increase opportunities for
active living Policy: influence public decisions Physical Projects: create supportive built
environments
Diverse partnerships City, County and Regional governments (transportation,
parks and recreation, public facilities, planning bureaus) Local residents Land use & transportation advocacy organizations Natural resource protection organizations Community development organizations Affordable housing advocates Neighborhood associations Youth organizations: Boys & Girls Clubs Local elementary and high schools Local food policy council Health systems Bicycle and pedestrian advocates Private business Health non-profits
Healthy, Active Lents
Springwater Corridor Trail Repaving projects Habitat restoration Trash pick-ups Art projects Community trailhead
Healthy, Active Lents
Park improvements Bikelanes & sidewalks Traffic calming Light-rail line
Healthy, Active Lents
Healthy Eating by DesignFarmer’s marketHome gardens to low-income
familiesCity policy to support planning
for food access
Damascus, Oregon 12,000 acres brought into the Portland
Metro Urban Growth Boundary
Rural residential (10,000 pop.) to Portland suburb (80,000 pop.) in 20-30 years
Two-year planning process to develop conceptual plan for land uses, transportation, natural resources, and public facilities
Using the Built Environment to
Promote Active Living and Healthy Eating
Noelle DobsonActive Living by Design
Healthy Eating by [email protected]
503-595-2566