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December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article discusses the work of the Healthy Communities Initiative in Buffalo, New York. The Healthy Communities Initiative is a community partnership to promote active living in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the two neighboring communities, Fruit Belt and Allentown.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article profiles the work of Active Living Logan Square, a program run by the Logan Square Neighborhood Association with funding from Active Living by Design. Active Living Logan Square was able to make positive active living improvements by engaging the community and a wide variety of partners.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the ACTIVE Louisville project, one of several Active Living by Design (ALbD) programs nationwide. ACTIVE Louisville worked in three low-income neighborhoods in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, during re-development of several large housing projects.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article describes the work of the Slavic Village Partnership, which received an Active Living by Design (ALbD) grant to expand green spaces and improve infrastructure. The goal of the collaboration, headed by Slavic Village Development, was to create a robust, family-friendly neighborhood that promoted healthy living by its residents.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Get Active Orlando (GAO), a community partnership focused on increasing active living in one lower-income neighborhood in Orlando, FL, succeeded in both its long-term infrastructure-related and its short-term lifestyle-related goals, according to an assessment by representatives of GAO and the city.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Although the successes of Active Seattle, a partnership of a pedestrian advocacy group and the City of Seattle's transportation and public health units, reflect citywide change that could increase walking over time, a local assessment reports there are still barriers that require the initiative to modify its methods and broaden its programmatic approach.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A community partnership in Nashville, TN, has succeeded in making physical activity part of daily life in large part because the group is led by the metro area's planning department and has enjoyed sustained political support through two mayoral administrations.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A community partnership in Sacramento, Calif. has leveraged a modest ALbD grant into $12 million in additional funding and successfully made the walk-to-school ethic and Complete Streets concerns part of civic life throughout Sacramento county.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Implementing the Active Living by Design (ALbD) community action model, a community partnership in Omaha has successfully moved in five years from establishing community awareness of active living to implementing large-scale policy and infrastructure change, according to an article by a team from state and local health and education agencies.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Portland, Oregon's Active Living by Design (ALbD) partnership succeeded in influencing policy and leveraging the assets of community and government partners by taking a collaborative, goal-oriented approach, according to a local assessment.