The Jóvenes SANOS leaders have influenced adults and peers to create and influence a healthy culture in their community.
The Copper Country Health Kids, Healthy Communities partnership in Houghton County, MI built support among residents and elected officials for a Complete Streets ordinance…
Despite hard economic times, county bankruptcy and a state takeover of the public school system, the Health Action Partnership (HAP) in Jefferson County, AL seized the opportunity provided by a Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant to hire new staff, restructure and formalize the roles of its members, and create a new framework to help it dramatically increase its scope.
In the community of Woodruff in Spartanburg County, SC, the departure of an important champion in City government and subsequent dynamics made it difficult to get agreements from all the property owners along a proposed and popular greenway project, and forced the return of an important grant.
Knox County HKHC created opportunities for Burundi residents to share their eating traditions with African American and Latino residents in order to build social ties and help address cultural misunderstanding in a neighborhood in ethnic transition.
Facilitated by the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi (CFNWMS), the HKHC partnership in Northwest Mississippi developed leadership and capacity in Desoto, Marshall and Tate counties.
In 1966, I relied totally on my bicycle to get everywhere I wanted to go. In my old New York City neighborhood, if you didn’t have a bicycle you couldn’t […]
I’ve often heard, and like the saying, “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” I love knowing that the seed I plant today will turn into food I […]
The intersection of Conkey Ave. and Clifford Ave., in Rochester, NY, has long held a reputation as an open-air drug market. It was not unusual to see drug dealers on […]
These case studies summarize the Fit Community initiative, an innovative program that helped generate changes in policies and environments in municipalities and counties across North Carolina between 2006 and 2012.