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Surgeon General’s Prescription for Health: Walk More

WebSurgeon General Murthy announced a national campaign to encourage Americans to walk more and make all communities safer and easier for walking. The landmark report is …

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Research: The Case for Healthy Places

WebA growing body of research over the last several decades has shown the connections between “place” and health, and it is well documented that a person’s zip code can be a …

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Placemaking for Active Living & Public Health

WebAs public space advocates, we know that placemaking plays a unique role in public health. Designing public spaces hand-in-hand with the people who use them can support the …

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Agenda Spotlight: Placemaking and Health

WebPlacemaking creates quality public spaces that contribute to people’s health, happiness and well-being by building on a community’s knowledge and assets. The process brings …

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Public Markets Promote Public Health

WebPublic Markets Promote Public Health. An unhealthy diet is the leading risk factor for death globally. This public health crisis hits vulnerable populations especially hard due to racist …

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Great Communities Grow at the Intersection of Health and Design

WebLittle exercise and poor diets are not just serious problems on foreign battlefields but here at home for people of all ages, according to a delegation of public health experts meeting …

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Bridging the Gap Between Transportation & Community Health: …

WebJun 18, 2012. Kate Kraft. While serving as Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kate Kraft contributed to setting up the successful New Jersey FIT: …

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The Case for Healthy Places

WebThe Case for Healthy Places is a free report of peer-reviewed research on healthy placemaking initiatives that offers evidence-based guidance, recommendations, and …

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Home — Project for Public Spaces

WebMarket Cities. Cultivating hubs of health, community, and opportunity. Since 1975, Project for Public Spaces has worked with over 3,500 communities to lead placemaking …

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A Good Move for Flint: Relocating Public Market Improves Food …

WebFor Flint residents, 41% of whom live in poverty, opportunities for healthy eating can be few and far between. The star of this story is the Flint Farmers Market, which moved in June …

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The Movement to Make Every American Community Walkable

WebPhoto by woodleywonderworks, Flickr Creative Commons “We are a nation of walkers,” declared US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at the 2nd National Walking Summit on …

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Urban Health Centers: Tear Down This Wall

WebAccording to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, by 2023 over 19 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product will be in health care expenditures. At the same …

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Announcing PPS’s 2017 “Healthy Places” Live Webinar Series

WebPPS is excited to announce the 2017 “Healthy Places” Webinar Series, which will be based on the findings and topic areas highlighted in our recent report, “The Case for Healthy …

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Beyond Food: Community Gardens as Places of Connection and …

WebWhile their ability to improve food access alone, especially among lower-income and under-served communities, is proof enough of their enduring value, community gardens …

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The Power of Place: A New Dimension for Sustainable Development

WebThe Power of Place: A New Dimension for Sustainable Development. By Phil Myrick, Senior Vice President. It’s painfully obvious that development trends of the last 75 years are …

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2023: A Year in Review

WebHere are a few highlights of what you will find inside. In 2023, Project for Public Spaces Facilitated 20 public space improvement projects across North America, from a cultural …

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Recharge Station Projects — Project for Public Spaces

WebWe recently partnered with Fountain House—a national nonprofit fighting to improve health, increase opportunity, and end social and economic isolation for people most impacted by …

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A Playbook for Inclusive Placemaking: Community Process

WebBy Katherine Peinhardt and Nate Storring‍. This article is the first article in our four-part series, A Playbook for Inclusive Placemaking, produced in collaboration with Emily Manz …

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What is Walkability

WebSungjin Park, with the University of California, Berkeley,is creating a separate measurement tool that is a composite walkability index. The index measures walkability through the …

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PPS Grantee, the Farmers Markets Federation of New York, …

WebThe Farmers Market Federation of New York, a 2006 PPS grantee, received a $125,000 grant from the Humpty Dumpty Institute to encourage Electronic Benefit Transfer (food …

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What is Placemaking

WebPlacemaking shows people just how powerful their collective vision can be. It helps them to re-imagine everyday spaces, and to see anew the potential of parks, downtowns, …

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