Healthy Communities: City Council District 1

A Healthy Community is one that provides its residents with access to healthy foods and ways to be physically active. Healthy communities have farmers markets, safe routes to schools, sidewalks, crosswalks, grocery stores and restaurants within walking distance, and a social environment where neighbors are outside greeting each other and children play together. We are working with a dynamic group to make Spokane City Council District 1 just that… a Healthy Community. For more information, call 324-1530.

Current projects:

Universal Playground
In Spring 2009, a universal playground for children of all abilities will be built to increase their physical activity in the heart of City Council District 1, Mission Park. This project started with a grant from University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition in 2003 and has been a partnership between the Spokane Regional Health District and Rotaract of Spokane.
Information about the Universal Playground and donating

Community Gardens
The goal of this project is to increase the number of community gardens developed and maintained by neighborhoods and private entities for personal consumption and contribution to food banks.
Spokane Community Gardens
WSU Master Gardeners

Bicycle Master Plan
To increase bike riding in City Council District 1, work is currently underway to develop a bicycle master plan to increase easy and safe access by bike between neighborhoods and downtown.
Spokane Bicycle Advisory Board

Advisory Group
The advisory board for the Healthy Communities Project consists of leaders from City Council District 1. They oversee the project with their expertise in the issues and the neighborhoods. They are:

• Al French, City Councilman District 1
• Bob Scarfo, WSU Design Institute
• Cindy Green, Spokane Regional Health District
• Deborah Shockley, Nevada Lidgerwood Neighborhood
• Jean Farmer, Northeast Community Center
• JR Sloan, Hillyard Business Association
• Pat Munts, WSU Cooperative Extension
• Paul Hamilton, Hillyard Neighborhood
• Peggy Gilliland, Spokane County Traffic Safety Commission
• Tatyana Bistrevsky, WSU Cooperative Extension
• Teri Stripes, City of Spokane

This program is supported by the Washington State Department of Health through a Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number U58/CCU019291 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Information provided is solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.