Healthy Built Environment

Promoting active lifestyles by working with policymakers to increase and improve trails, sidewalks, public transit, parks and other community resources.

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Healthy Built Environment Work Group

The Work Group supports efforts to:

Building and maintaining sidewalks, bikeways, and trails where people can safely walk, roll, or use other forms of active transportation
Increasing the variety of opportunities for physical activity, including indoor recreation centers, parks, and other open spaces
Encouraging walking and biking to school, work, and other activities. Undertaking efforts to increase safety for people who are walking, biking, and otherwise being active outdoors (and thus reducing non-motorized fatalities and serious injuries on public roads in the county)

Recent Workgroup Accomplishments

The Healthy Built Environment Work Group, through the coalition’s Pathways grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, supported the development of on-bike safety education at Baldwin Junior High and funded the purchase of fleet of bicycles used for the program.

LiveWell Annual Celebration Breakfast Awards

As part of its annual celebration, on Friday, November 17, 2023 the LiveWell Douglas County coalition awarded Culture of Health Action Awards to both coalition members and community partners whose efforts have helped improve the health and well-being of Douglas County residents.