How can we make it easy for all generations – from kids to seniors – to get more exercise? One way is by making physical changes to neighborhoods and roads that will enable people to walk and bike as they go about their daily activities – getting to school and work, going to the playground or ballfield, or running errands. After touring our community, Mike Lydon from the nationally-recognized Street Plans Collaborative will lead this discussion about ways that North Kingstown could make biking and walking safer and more enjoyable. Workshop leader: Mike Lydon, The Street Plans Collaborative.
FREE CHILD CARE at the West Bay Family YMCA while you attend this event.
For more information about workshop dates, forums, or other ways you can become involved in the Healthy Places by Design project, please contact Denise Kaplin, Healthy Places by Design YMCA Consultant, at dkaplin@gpymca.org. (401-295-6501) or Doug McLean, Town of North Kingstown, at dmclean@northkingstown.org. (401-294-3331).
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The mission of the Healthy Places by Design Project is to strengthen land use, transportation and urban design policies and ordinances that guide the decision making process for the built environment to be more supportive of health, particularly as it relates to physical activity and healthy eating.
