Provide an environment supportive of active living.

Sample Activities:

• Conduct a community physical activity policy and environmental assessment.
• Maintain and develop programming and facilities (including park and recreation programs) for physical activity for all age groups.
• Advocate for mixed-use development and communities where physical activity opportunities are available and easily accessible.
• Complete the sidewalks and streets to support walking and biking in the community.
• Support local Safe Routes to School Programs to improve safety and promote walking and biking to school.
• Encourage the use of alternative transportation where available.

Tools:

Complete Streets

Active Living By Design

Rural Active Living Assessment

Tools for Assessing Walking and Bicycling Routes

Bikeability Audit

Walkability Audit

Active Neighborhood Checklist

We Can! Energize our Community: Toolkit for Action

Trail Building Toolbox

Development of a Community Trail and Promoting Its Use

Smart Growth Toolkit

Safe Routes to School

SC Safe Routes to School Guide

Reference Guide of Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults: A Resource for Planning Intervention

Move More Walking Map Guide

Promising Strategies for Creating Healthy Eating and Active Living Environments

The National Association of Counties: New Resource for Childhood Obesity Prevention

National Council on Aging (NCOA) Healthy Aging Physical Activity Resources

GO FAR (Go Out For A Run)

Residents’ Guide to Creating Safe and Walkable Communities

BodyWorks: Physical Activity and Nutrition for ‘Tweens

Park Equity and Public Health Toolkit

Social Support for Physical Activity: Establishing a Community-Based Walking Group Program

Model Policies from the National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity