This Week on Rebuilding Healthier Neighborhoods: Richmond: A Change in the Air

Feb 3, 2010

Richmond: A Change in the Air tells the story of how community advocates in this heavily industrial city worked closely with redevelopment and public health staff to improve local air quality by documenting the effects of diesel truck traffic in residential neighborhoods and mapping new routes for the polluting vehicles.

This is the third of four podcast stories that show how redevelopment can help make communities healthier. This series, available through HealthyPlanning.org or iTunes, brings to life how the redevelopment process helped advance public health, improving local air quality and making parks and healthy food more accessible.

We invite you to subscribe to the podcast, or visit our website to follow along weekly. The release schedule is as follows:

January 19: Oakland: A Struggle to Be Heard
January 26: San Jose: A Voice in the Process
February 2: Richmond: A Change in the Air
February 9: San Francisco: A Fresh Approach

Podcasts: Rebuilding Healthier Neighborhoods

Watch our series of four podcast stories that show how redevelopment can help make communities healthier. This series, available through HealthyPlanning.org or iTunes, brings to life how the redevelopment process helped advance public health, improving local air quality and making parks and healthy food more accessible.

New Toolkit: Increasing Physical Activity Through Joint Use Agreements

PHLP’s joint use toolkit helps communities and school districts work together to develop joint use agreements increasing access to recreational facilities on school grounds.

Getting to Grocery

It takes creativity and ingenuity to bring resources together to successfully bring a grocery store into a neighborhood. Getting to Grocery is designed to help advocates and public health agencies coordinate and leverage the tools available through local government and other organizations to bring grocery stores into low-income communities.