Applications Due | May
31 | Childhood Obesity Initiatives
Time is running out to submit your
application to partner with the CHOICES to examine the cost effectiveness of
selected childhood obesity initiatives. Local health agencies representing
one of the following three geographic areas are eligible to apply:
- States
- Large
Cities (with populations of 500,000 or more)
- Large
Counties (with populations of 1 million or more)
The partnership will run from July 2017
to June 2018 and the CHOICES team intends to fund up to four health agencies
during this 12-month project period.
Download Application & FAQs >
May 31, 4 p.m. –
Application due
June 15 – Awardees notified
Success Story
Submissions | May 31
Success
story helpful hints to guide you
As you complete your success stories and
review the content, we have some advice that can help strengthen your
story.
Identify your success.
For this purpose, it is not the funding of a new SHIP effort or partnership.
Think about it in terms of an effort that’s already in place and that you can
show results (or potential reach).
Find a real person.
If a person, or group of people, benefited from your work and you can engage
them to talk about the benefits, it helps make the story relatable, compelling
and interesting. Just as important, it provides a concrete example that
can be used to help guide other grantees.
Have fun! This
is a chance to toot your horn, and it shouldn’t be stressful.
Remember, we are here to help! Feel
free to reach out to Pete Raeker (peter.raeker@state.mn.us)
Julie Bartkey (julie.bartkey@state.mn.us)
or your CS for questions, concerns or additional assistance.
After
several years of hard work promoting Lake City as a Bicycle Friendly Community,
the Lake City Council on April 10 approved a measure to convert a stretch of
Highway 61/Lakeshore Drive from four lanes to three.
The lane change is one part of a larger
project to connect the Mississippi River Trail State Bikeway to other Bicycle
Friendly Communities along the route. The goal is to create a
bike-and-pedestrian safe infrastructure that promotes and provides
accessibility to active living and improved health.
Tina Moen, Wabasha County SHIP
Coordinator, said this lane conversion is a way to enhance
SHIP priorities, including the promotion of active living and
enhancing the local bike share program. She
said, “Four-to-three-lane conversions remain one of the best tools in
engineering to increase safety for all road users, including motorists,
bicyclists and pedestrians.”
Her work won’t stop here. She recently
attended trainings designed to capture the quantitative success of the three
lane conversion. “Increasing infrastructure for safe walking and biking
will enhance the health of Lake City’s residents by making the area safer and
more comfortable and will increase the beautification of the area attracting
more visitors,” Moen said.
Construction will
begin in 2020.
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Do you have a resource or success story (“gem”) to share for a future issue? Submissions for each week’s Thursday publication are due by noon every Tuesday to Health.MakingitBetter@state.mn.us or community specialists for:
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