Monday Mailing
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10 Ways to Design Healthy Communities Feeding or Starving Gentrification: The Role of Food Policy AARP Launches 2018 Community Challenge Grant APA and Partners Call on Congress to Improve Flood Mitigation Efforts Happy Camp: Builds on Rich History Announcing the 2018 Great American Main Street Award Winners Regional Infrastructure Fund – Request for Applications The Partnerships Enabling Disabled City Residents to Better Explore Their Surroundings New ULI Report Offers Bold Principles for Building Resilience Cities and Regions Did Fort Collins Grow Too Big Too Fast? Workshops Help Farmers Transition Land to Next Generation
1. 10 Ways to Design Healthy Communities Making healthy choices easy is a public-health goal. And how communities are designed can actually have a dramatic impact on that goal. Better still, any civic-minded group or individual can initiate community-health-oriented projects, from developing a new trail or park to reprogramming existing facilities.
Quote of the Week: "Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better." ~Martin Luther King Jr. Oregon Fast Fact: Multnomah Falls is a 620 foot waterfall in two stages that is the second tallest waterfall in the United States. It is located in the Columbia Gorge along the Columbia River.
Until the 1930s, it was understood that most people would walk to local destinations, and streets were planned accordingly. But with the rise of the automobile, planning models changed, especially in the U.S. Instead of creating communities within a few minutes walk, it was assumed everyone would drive. Blocks became very large, intersections were spaced to reduce traffic stops and essential places such as grocery stores were located where they required long travel routes. That’s why the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its National Center for Environmental Health established the Healthy Community Design Initiative and hired Dee Merriam in 2008 as a community planner. Merriam, a landscape architect, was charged with helping identify planning policies that might lead to healthier communities. To access the full story, click here. 2. Feeding or Starving Gentrification: The Role of Food Policy Gentrification has transformed low-income communities worldwide. The process is complex but often follows a consistent pattern: capital flows into low-income neighborhoods, more affluent residents move in, real estate values go up, the housing stock is upgraded, low-income residents are forced to leave, and community character changes to accommodate the newcomers. Gentrification can happen abruptly, with people and businesses displaced through eviction, but more commonly occurs gradually, even over generations, as children of longtime residents leave because they cannot afford to remain in the Page 1 of 5