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Increasing Collaboration Among Philanthropies to Promote Healthy Communities

January 26, 2010 | Program Result

RWJF joined the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities to encourage partnerships between smart growth proponents and those working to promote active living in their communities.

Fellowships Bring Student Leaders to Miami for Active-Living-by-Design Meeting

April 1, 2004 | Program Result

The Congress for the New Urbanism sponsored the Active Living by Design Student Fellowship Program to fund student attendance at its tenth anniversary meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., in June 2002.

2002 Summit with Leaders of Distressed Neighborhoods Explores Relationship Between Built Environment, Physical Activity and Health

April 1, 2004 | Program Result

PolicyLink held a summit, Promoting Regional Equity: A National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice and Smart Growth, from November 17-19, 2002 in Los Angeles.

Lack of Parks and Open Space Means Less Physical Activity for Californians, California Health Interview Survey Finds

September 1, 2007 | Program Result

E. Richard Brown, Ph.D., led a team of researchers in fielding a new Housing and Neighborhood Environment module as part of the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

Project Encourages Bike-Friendly Communities Through Awards Program and Website

March 25, 2006 | Program Result

The Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign is an awards program of the League of American Bicyclists (incorporated as the League of American Wheelmen) that recognizes municipalities that actively support bicycling.

Committee Examines how the Built Environment Influences Physical Activity Levels

April 1, 2006 | Program Result

The Transportation Research Board and the Institute of Medicine formed a 14-member committee to examine the connection between the built environment and the physical activity levels of the U.S. population.

Active Living Research

December 20, 2012 | Program Result

Active Living Research is an ongoing national program to identify environmental factors and policies that can substantially increase levels of physical activity and to provide policy-makers with evidence about how to create more activity-friendly communities.

Yavapai-Apache Youth Council - "Dreams Do Come True"

March 15, 2011 | Program Result

The Yavapai-Apache Youth Council built a walking trail near tribal headquarters in Camp Verde, Ariz.

Research Agenda on Measuring Food and Physical Activity Environments is Set at Workshop

December 7, 2009 | Program Result

Healthy Eating Research at the University of Minnesota assisted the National Cancer Institute in organizing a workshop - "Measurement of the Food and Built Environments: Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity and Weight."

Creating Gardens in 15 North Carolina Counties

September 20, 2009 | Program Result

FirstHealth is a nonprofit health system covering 15 counties with a network of hospitals, health and fitness centers, primary and dental care centers, and a hospice and home care program.

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