Health and Place Tool Group
Where you live, work, and play has a major impact on health – and living in a distressed neighborhood contributes to health inequities. Implement these tools to reduce environmental risk and build health-promoting neighborhoods. Increase Access to Healthy FoodAccess to Healthy FoodsServes as an introduction to four tools -- Grocery Store Dev., Corner Stores, Farmers' Markets, and Urban Ag. and Community Gardens -- that help low-income and communities of color increase their access to healthy, fresh, affordable food.
Corner StoresOffers residents, policymakers, business leaders, and advocates ideas and strategies for improving small stores in underserved communities.
Farmers MarketDetails the challenges associated with starting and sustaining farmers' markets in low-income communities of color, as well as some of the successful strategies that have been used to overcome those challenges.
Grocery StoresHighlights a number of innovative strategies to help address the food access challenges and provides guidance for attracting fresh food retail into underserved communities.
Urban Agriculture and Community GardensAddresses urban agriculture efforts focused on serving low-income communities and communities of color. Shows how projects can improve access to healthy, affordable food for low-income communities and improve residents' health.
Encourage Active LivingTransit Oriented DevelopmentHow to implement TOD -- compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations -- in a way that achieves equity goals. Urban GreeningComing soon! Improve Environmental QualityCommunity Strategies to Prevent AsthmaStrategies and resources for improving air quality in homes, in schools, and outdoors.
Code EnforcementCan be an important tool for protecting tenants.
BrownfieldsEncourage redevelopment of brownfields (abandoned, idled, or underutilized commercial or industrial sites).
Transit Oriented DevelopmentHow to implement TOD -- compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations -- in a way that achieves equity goals.
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