Healthy Planning
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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PHLP offers a variety of products, including fact sheets, model documents, reports, legal memos, and presentations. You can search our publications according to product type, a specific policy area, or a combination of the two. Choose from the categories in the drop-down menus for each field. You may also enter a keyword in the search box to narrow the results. Click “Search” to display your results.
An Introduction to Land Use Planning for Food System Activists
This article connects the dots between land use planning and healthier communities, and is geared toward food system activists.
Changes in the WIC Food Packages: A Toolkit for Partnering with Neighborhood Stores
The selection of foods available through the WIC program recently changed for the first time in 35 years – a change that holds potential to transform the retail food landscape in low-income communities, where liquor stores often proliferate and grocery stores are few.
Complete Streets Talking Points
Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities must be able to safely move along and across a complete street. This factsheet provides talking points and information to use when advocating for healthier street design. Now available in Spanish, as well!
