•Design 4 Active Sacramento worked on updating the Countywide
Design Guidelines to include Active Design and Healthy Retail.
•Led to Project Review Committee
for the County Environmental and
Planning Review as well as
incorporating Active Design into
Obesity Prevention and Chronic
Disease Prevention programs.
•Challenges: understanding the language and the culture of
transportation and built environment is new to public health
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Sacramento County Public Health included Safe Routes to Parks and
Safe Routes to Retail in Obesity Prevention Program Scope of Work (Cal
Fresh Healthy Living – Education) in March 2018.
•Layered approach to obesity prevention
Safe streets/neighborhoods allow
for exercise on sidewalks and parks
Safe access to healthy retail sites
and other neighborhood locations
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WALKSacramento is a nonprofit planning and advocacy
organization that improves quality of life and health
equity through community-centered policy and systems
change in land use, transportation, and community
development.
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South Sacramento
North Sacramento
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Close to high speed, high volume
roadways
Key Vulnerabilities
15 parks in North
Sacramento
26 parks in South
Sacramento Poor connectivity to
neighborhoods
Sidewalk gaps
Limited safe crossings
Personal safety concerns
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Close to high speed, high volume
roadways
Key Vulnerabilities
Bike facility gaps
Sidewalk gaps and poor
condition of sidewalks
Limited safe crossings
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Sacramento
Community
Garden
Policy Recommendations Design Strategies
Tools Programming
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5 min.