Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced a comprehensive strategy to rebuild, repair or refurbish 300 playgrounds in communities across Chicago. The goal is for every Chicagoan to live within a 10-minute walk to a safe and vibrant park.
The Emeryville Center of Community Life will bring together school and community services at one centrally located campus where families will have access to afterschool and recreational opportunities, a library, child care, among other services.
NLC awarded 541 medals to 118 communities across the country in recognition of their outstanding efforts to complete health and wellness goals for Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties.
At an event held July 18 in Philadelphia, NLC President Ted Ellis joined First Lady Michelle Obama and other city leaders to announce a new NLC project that will help local elected officials reduce childhood obesity.
A new brief suggests that policymakers seeking to address hunger in their communities can find solutions that will also contribute significantly to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic.
On April 18, 2012 the YEF Institute hosted a free, hour-long webinar on “Healthy Food Shortage: How Cities Can Use Federal Meals Programs to Reduce Childhood Hunger and Obesity.” An archived recording is available.
Obesity and related diseases take a dire toll on cities, threatening the health of their most vulnerable populations — including children and youth — while at the same time draining city coffers.
