Moving Our Community Toward Health
Healthy Community Update*
September 5, 2006
 

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Action Plan Edits Invited

Please help us clarify the Action Plans in the MOCTH 2006-2007 Proposal (by Tuesday at noon if possible). See recent e-mail describing MDCH feedback. See Janine's weekend edits to the Action Reports:  Regional NWI SLCDA ANC   If you make changes, please make them in BLUE and send them to jsinno@ingham.org by noon today (Tues. if possible) or call her at 887-4664.

People for Transportation Options

Read about it here

Hagadorn "Road Diet"

Read about it here

Save The Date:  November 13 Designing Healthy Livable Communities

More here

PAC Report Summary

See summary here.  More at www.mihealthtools.org.  Note:  If you have a moment, please review the PAC answers.  User Name:  mocth1@re-news.net and password:  "Lansing"  Suggest Changes Here before 9/9/06

Land Use and Health Team Meeting:  9/21 -from Janine Sinno

LUHRT will gather at the Human Services Bldg in Conference Room C on Thursday, September 21 from 11:30 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. for lunch and a meeting. (The group will meet from 1-3pm on the 3rd Thursdays in the Atrium in October and November. If you can, please try to be these on time for lunch.  This will be a special meeting with a presentation from Bill Enslin, on the latest for the HIA tools that was improved with lots of good assistance from Meridian Township. Please RSVP before Sept 14 to jsinno@ingham.org for us to order lunch. Also let us know if you need conference calling. Notes from last meeting

Developers Get Recognition

These developers are rebuilding downtown http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/NEWS01/608290329/1002/ARCHIVES

PACE-EH

More information about Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health, a priority for Ingham County Health Dept. in the coming year.

Maps

Bike Routes: http://www.biketcba.org/Maps/crosstown.html  Bus Routes http://www.cata.org/route_info/index.html  EPA's "Window to My Environment" (from Janine)  http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/ Geological Survey Maps http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm  Grass Roots:  http://grassroots.wide.msu.edu/index.php Green Map http://www.greenmap.com/grmaps/northam.html#midm  (order from Cara Clore) Interesting Site http://www.43places.com/  Lansing River Trail (1)  http://www.re-news.net/update/year2/maps/rivertrail.htm  Lansing River Trail (2) http://www.msu.edu/~paszkie1/RiverTrail/index.html  Mid-Michigan Greenways Map http://www.midmeac.org/greenway_development.html  Mountain Biking  http://www.mmba.org/trails.php?chapter=0&zipcode=48823  Red Cedar Watershed  http://www.msu-water.msu.edu/asp/outfalls.asp  Regional Map http://www.vprgs.msu.edu/nih02/regional_map.gif

Pedestrian Perils (and Solutions) -John Wetmore

John Wetmore, producer of the monthly television show promoting problems and solutions to pedestrian and biker safety challenges, was in town this past weekend on his way to the Mackinaw Bridge Walk.  Sanjay, Jessica, and I worked with him on Sunday to get some material for his show.  Here's just one of the cool links on his website: http://www.pedestrians.org/examples.htm

 

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