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.

San Francisco: A Fresh Approach shows how redevelopment support was key to attracting a grocery store and transforming a liquor store into a market filled with produce in the city's low-income Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.

Public health advocates and community residents can help improve access to healthy foods  and physical activity by working with redevelopment agencies to revitalize “blighted” neighborhoods. This fact sheet shows how redevelopment can help build healthier communities, and how advocates and residents can partner with redevelopment agencies throughout the process.

Public Health Law & Policy is excited to unveil the first 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.