Complete Streets - Health Policy Institute of Ohio

Complete Streets
Jess Mathews
Public Policy Coordinator
Email: jmathews@ohioymcas.org
What We Do
• Strength Communities
• Healthy Living
• Youth Development
• Advocacy
• Much more
Youth and Government
• High School and Middle School students the opportunities to become acting legislators, lobbyists, governors, lawyers, committee chairs
• Simulate all phases and position of actual state government
Diabetes Prevention Program
16 one‐hour sessions
Topics include: nutrition, getting started with physical activity, overcoming stress, staying motivated, and more.
Pioneering Healthy Communities
• Launched nationally in 2004. Statewide in 2009
• Collaborative engagement with various community leaders
• Engage public and private sectors in changing public policies and the physical environment to improve mental and physical health
Complete Street?
Complete Street?
Equitable Space For ALL
8 Communities in Ohio
Ohio Active Transportation & Safety Workshops
SAVE THE DATES:
Dayton: Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 9:30am ‐3:30pm at Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) Toledo: Monday, June 9, 2014, 9:30am ‐3:30pm at Mercy St. Vincent’s Hospital Akron: Thursday, June 26, 2014 as part of the Akron Bicycle Summit Columbus: Date: TBD. Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)
Ohio Active Transportation & Safety Workshops
• regional workshops will focus on new state transportation guidance, local and regional policy implementation, collaboration, development, challenges, resources, and community discussion and planning time to begin active transportation policy in their community.
On the Hill
• Safe Streets Act S2004/HR2468 encourages safer streets through policy adoption at the state and regional‐levels
• Federal legislation will ensure consistency and flexibility in the processes and standards that direct road‐building at all levels of governance.
Complete Streets Action Team
• Kate Moening – Ohio Advocacy Organizer, Safe Routes to School National Partnership
• To get involved, email Kate: kate@saferoutespartnership.org
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www.ohioymcas.org
www.smartgrowthamerica.org
www.saferoutespartnership.org
www.healthy.ohio.gov/CDPlan
• Jess Mathews: jmathews@ohioymcas.org