FitCity 4: Designing & Building for Health was successfully held on February 24, 2017 at Miami-Dade College – Wolfson Campus. This year’s conference explored the opportunities for physical activity that the built environment presents in our communities. In addition, Active Design Miami: Design & Policy Strategies for Healthier Communities was officially released at the event. …
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Guest Author: Nancy Bruning B.A., MPH Nancercize, The Benchmark in Outdoor Fitness “Green Gyms” are a way to encourage people to exercise outdoors. They can both help reduce our abysmally low rates of physical activity while addressing the related contemporary health problem of nature deficit disorder. Public parks are convenient, free, and appealing outdoor …
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Safe Streets Summit is happening on January 26 & 27, 2017. This event will feature Building Blocks for Complete Streets: Tools for better connected, safer streets for all. For more information visit SafeStreetsSummit.org
Guest Author: Patrice Gillespie Smith NEAT Streets Miami, Parks Recreation and Open Spaces Trees — they are everywhere, right? Well, guess again. According to the recently released Miami-Dade Urban Tree Canopy Study, in Miami-Dade County we only have 20 percent tree canopy—which means only 1/5 of our land is covered in nice cool shade. Yet, …
