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Equitable Park Access

By Sarah Moore on August 5th, 2019

A conversation with Rachel Banner, Director of Park Access at the National Recreation and Park Association

DIY Community Health

By Risa Wilkerson on August 1st, 2019

Alamance County, NC advocates are practicing a culture of learning with a do-it-yoursel(ves) spirit.

Parks and Community Health

By Sarah Moore on July 23rd, 2019

There is clear evidence that living near parks and natural places improves health—depending on the park.

Five Ways Nonprofits Can Thrive as Remote Organizations

By Risa Wilkerson and Cass Isidro on July 9th, 2019

Healthy Places by Design and the Safe Routes Partnership have leveraged a remote office structure to better serve our staff and clients. We recently connected to compare notes.

Lessons from Six Years of Supporting Food Systems Change

By Risa Wilkerson on July 2nd, 2019

Insights from a Farmer Foodshare board member

Racial Equity and Food

By Risa Wilkerson on June 26th, 2019

A conversation with Jennifer Zuckerman of the World Food Policy Center

The Roots of America’s Broken Food System

By Sarah Moore on June 21st, 2019

And the communities sowing seeds for a healthier future

Active Transportation Equity

By Phil Bors and Sarah Moore on May 23rd, 2019

In a recent post, Healthy Places by Design shared an overview of how transportation intersects with creating healthy places. Among the roundup of research were a few points that highlighted […]

How Resident Insights Improved One City’s Walkability Plans

By Phil Bors on May 16th, 2019

Highlight of the CDC and NACDD Walkability Action Institute

Transportation and Healthy Places in 2019

By Sarah Moore on May 14th, 2019

Air quality, rising pedestrian and bike fatalities, public transportation funding, and hopeful examples of change—here’s a roundup of the current state of transportation in the US and what it all has to do with healthy places.