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In an ideal healthy community, people can walk or bicycle to their destinations, physical activity opportunities are safe and accessible, inviting and commonplace, and healthy food is readily available. The Health Promotion Center of Glens Falls Hospital is working towards this ideal through the Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work & Play (CHP2LWP) Community initiative. This initiative supports community leaders and local governments to design and implement policy, systems and environmental changes that create more opportunities for physical activity and healthful eating. Glens Falls Hospital is one of 22 CHP2LWP contractors funded through a grant from the NYS Department of Health.
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GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL’S CHP2LWP OBJECTIVES:
• Encourage schools to allow public use of their resources and athletic facilities for active recreation and healthy eating initiatives.
• Encourage municipalities to adopt “complete streets” policies to enable safe travel for all users, particularly pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Encourage municipalities to adopt land-use or building code policies that enable healthy living and are in line with “Smart Growth” principles.
• Establish and improve community gardens and link service agencies with fresh produce
• Revitalize underused parks and promote usage of recreational facilities and green space for active recreation
.• Enhance the variety and quality of fruits and vegetables in retail environments in order to encourage consumption.
SERVICE AREA
Warren and Washington counties
CONTACT
Community leaders, local elected officials, school administrators, and other
community representatives who are interested in learning more, are invited
to contact:
Melissa Gaetano
Program Coordinator
[email protected]
518.926.5967
Kathy Varney
Program Coordinator
[email protected]
518.926.5906
GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL’S CHP2LWP OBJECTIVES
• Encourage schools to allow public use of their resources and athletic facilities for active recreation and healthy eating initiatives.
• Encourage municipalities to adopt “complete streets” policies to enable safe travel for all users, particularly pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Encourage municipalities to adopt land-use or building code policies that enable healthy living and are in line with “Smart Growth” principles.
• Establish and improve community gardens and link service agencies with fresh produce
• Revitalize underused parks and promote usage of recreational facilities and green space for active recreation
.• Enhance the variety and quality of fruits and vegetables in retail environments in order to encourage consumption.
SERVICE AREA
Warren and Washington counties
CONTACT
Community leaders, local elected officials, school administrators, and other
community representatives who are interested in learning more, are invited
to contact:
Melissa Gaetano
Program Coordinator
[email protected]
518.926.5967
Kathy Varney
Program Coordinator
[email protected]
518.926.5906
GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL’S CHP2LWP OBJECTIVES
