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Land use, economic development, and redevelopment policies offer a valuable set of tools to promote and enhance healthy communities. Local governments, private developers, and community groups can all work to create patterns of development that improve community health--by ensuring that farmers' markets and neighborhood grocery stores are supported, for instance, or by promoting sidewalks, parks and other environmental components that encourage physical activity.

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Program News

PHLP’s Robert Oglivie Joins Clinton, Schwarzenegger to Discuss Health, Nutrition, and Obesity

Feb 25, 2010

PHLP’s Robert Oglivie joined President Bill Clinton and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a featured speaker at the Governor’s 2010 obesity summit in Los Angeles on February 24.

The invitation-only summit brought together leaders from business, education, government, and public health to discuss the best policies and practices to combat the state’s obesity crisis. Dr. Ogilvie, who directs PHLP’s Planning for Healthy Places program, was one of three speakers invited to present to President Clinton and the governor.

This Week on Rebuilding Healthier Neighborhoods: New Opportunities for Public Health: Working with Redevelopment

Feb 23, 2010

Equipped with data, connections, and boots on the ground, public health professionals are in a prime position to help plan neighborhood redevelopment efforts and ensure their success. New Opportunities for Public Health: Working with Redevelopment highlights ways for public health staff to partner with redevelopment agencies to build healthier communities, exploring strategies to overcome some of the challenges they may face.

This Week on Rebuilding Healthier Neighborhoods: New Opportunities for Redevelopment: Working with Public Health

Feb 16, 2010

While the key goal of any redevelopment effort is strengthening the local tax base, neighborhood revitalization efforts can go a long way toward improving residents’ health and quality of life. New Opportunities for Redevelopment: Working with Public Health explores what redevelopment staff can do to advance economic and public health goals simultaneously -- and how partnering strategically with public health agencies and community residents can build strong public support for redevelopment plans.

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Upcoming Events

March 10-12: California Redevelopment Association Annual Conference (Pasadena) supports redevelopment’s contributions to building better communities by promoting green and sustainable development, affordable housing and jobs, building and maintaining infrastructure, reducing or eliminating blight, redeveloping downtowns, and recapturing brownfields.  The theme of this year’s conference is “Stimulating Redevelopment and Building Sustainable and Viable Communities.”

March 15-16: Ten's Annual Conference (Washington, DC) TEN is a grassroots network of more than 350 community organizations in 41 states working to create an equity-based national transportation system.  This conference will include Organizing, advocacy, and transportation policy workshops; the 2010 Rosa Parks Award Ceremony; Inspiring speakers and Capitol Hill visits; Field Hearing in Prince George’s County.

March 24-26:  League of California Cities Planners Institute (Monterey) annually hosts over 450 attendees, including planning department directors, planning commissioners, city engineers, city managers and elected officials.  

April 6-7:   Oklahoma Public Health Association Annual Conference (Oklahoma City), co-sponsored with the Oklahoma Planning Association, will focus on "Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease - Strategies and Solutions," including tobacco control, built environment, physical activity and nutrition, behavioral and chronic disease management.

April 10-13:  American Planning Association National Conference (New Orleans) is the premier national conference for planning professionals. This year's focus focus is the Gulf Coast's recovery from the 2005 hurricanes and its continuing vulnerability.