Working together to make Aitkin County a healthier place to live, work, and play!
Supported by the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP), Minnesota Department of Health
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Active Living Strategy
Active Living integrates physical activity into daily routines such as walking or bicycling for recreational, occupational or purposeful (transportation) reasons. Active Living provides safe, desirable and convenient opportunities for physical activity. Active Living policies and practices in community design, land use, site planning and walking/biking facility access are proven effective to increase levels of physical activity. The objective of the Active Living strategy is to increase physical activity- primarily walking and bicycling- in the community.
Active Living Resources
AmericaWalks
Steps to a Walkable Community provides strategies to move you toward a more walkable community. The guide works to capture both time-tested and new innovative tactics that are realistic and achievable. AmericaWalks aims for this resource to be a first stop for walking projects, campaigns and initiatives.
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Bicycle Friendly Communities
The Bicycle Friendly Community Program provides incentives, hands-on assistance and award recognition for communities that actively support bicycling. A Bicycle Friendly Community welcomes bicyclists by providing safe accommodation for biking and encouraging people to bike for transportation and recreation.
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Minnesota Department of Health: Healthy Places
The design of the places where we live, work and play affects our health by determining our access to healthy foods and health care services, our ability to be physically active, and the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink.
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