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Title: Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Coalition


1
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Coalition
  • Cathy Liles, M.P.H.
  • School of Rural Public Health,
  • Texas AM Health Science Center
  • Tuesday, August 5, 2008

2
Why Build a Coalition?
  • Create synergy
  • Share resources
  • Work toward common goals
  • Create alliances among those who might not
    normally work together
  • Increase communication among groups
  • To plan and launch community-wide initiatives
  • To create long-term, permanent social change.

3
Steps in Building a Community Coalition
  • Identify need and determine focus What do we
    want to do?
  • Identify benefits of collaboration Why do we
    want to do it?
  • Identify Key Partners and stakeholders Who
    should be at the table?
  • Identify a Champion/s, community partners Who
    has passion for this idea?
  • Bring everyone together When and where should we
    meet?

4
Steps in Building a Community Coalition
  • Define purpose and direction
  • Commit to unifying mission
  • Define roles
  • Share leadership
  • Ensure communication
  • Identify vision and goals
  • Be flexible

5
Green Gray Success
  • Implementing smart growth principles improves
    community health
  • Implementing active aging strategies improves
    community health
  • What synergies could develop if we married these
    two concepts?
  • What benefits could accrue by partnering to
    integrate these concepts?

6
Baby Steps
  • A small group of people interested in this idea
    held an organizational meeting to see if might be
    beneficial to formally bring a group together for
    a coalition
  • EPA announces Building Healthy Communities
    recognition award program
  • We said, Think Globally, Act Locally!
  • The small group began planning

7
Identify Key Partners
  • Planning Sector
  • National Governmental
  • Regional Planning
  • County Governmental
  • City Governmental
  • City Council
  • Planning
  • Economic Development
  • Developers
  • Academic
  • Architecture Urban Planning
  • Aging Sector
  • Local AAA
  • Non-profit Agencies
  • Elder Aid
  • BVCAA
  • AARP
  • Academic
  • SRPH
  • Kinesiology
  • Service Providers
  • Retirement Communities
  • Assisted Living

8
Identify Key Partners
  • Health Sector
  • Brazos Valley Health Partnership
  • County Public Health
  • Regional Public Health
  • Hospitals
  • Geriatricians
  • Faith Community
  • Academic
  • Blinn Nursing School
  • TAMHSC Medical School
  • Activity Sector
  • Regional Governmental
  • Senior Games
  • City Governmental
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Senior Centers
  • Commercial
  • Gyms
  • Academic
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Kinesioligy
  • SRPH

9
Feed Them and They Will Come
10
Key Issues
  • Regional or local?
  • Limit to aging population?
  • Goals?
  • Rural participation?
  • Senior voices in planning?
  • Showcase successes?
  • Add transportation sector?

11
Involve Partners
  • Leadership
  • Meeting space
  • Work groups
  • Refreshments
  • Presentations
  • Projects
  • Planning
  • Communication

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Identify an Opportunity for Quick Success
  • Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
    National Recognition Program
  • What is the National Recognition Program for
    Communities that Combine Smart Growth and Active
    Aging? The principal goal of the Building Healthy
    Communities for Active Aging Award program is to
    raise awareness across the nation about healthy
    synergies that can be achieved by communities
    combining Smart Growth and Active Aging concepts.
  • Awards will be presented to communities that
    demonstrate the best and most inclusive overall
    approach to implementing smart growth and active
    aging at the neighborhood, tribe, municipality,
    county, and/or regional levels.
  • Two types of awards will be madethe Commitment
    Award and the Achievement Award. The Commitment
    Award recognizes communities that have developed
    and begun to initiate a specific plan to
    implement smart growth and active aging
    principles. The Achievement Award will be given
    for overall excellence in building healthy
    communities for active aging.
  • Who can apply for an award? Applicants must be
    public-sector entities in the United States and
    coordinate with their local Area Agency on Aging.
    Public-sector entities include all levels of
    elected governments, from city councils to state
    legislatures and their subdivisions such as
    planning departments and other executive branch
    divisions. Applications are due September 12,
    2008.

14
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
15
Commitment Award for Excellence in Building
Healthy Communities for Active Aging in the
Brazos Valley, TX
  • The Brazos Valley Building Healthy Communities
    Coalition (BVHCC) was formed in 2007. Our first
    accomplishment was the successful receipt of the
    Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for
    Active Aging Award from the United States
    Environmental Protection Agency. As the central
    planning unit for regional activities and a
    partner in the coalition, the Brazos Valley
    Council of Governments was designated as the
    applicant organization. The application featured
    five programs/projects in our area which
    demonstrate our involvement in and commitment to
    Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging.

16
Brazos Valley Health Status Assessment
  • The Brazos Valley Health Partnership, consisting
    of non-profit organizations, academic
    institutions, regional health care
    representatives, local governmental
    representatives, and key community stakeholders,
    carried out the regional assessment. This group
    is dedicated to improving health status and
    access to care in the Brazos Valley through
    collaboration of services and creation of local
    partnerships.

17
Brazos Valley Area Agency on Aging
Transportation Program
  • BVAAA Transportation Program has consists of a
    region wide door-to-door service provided by
    qualified senior volunteers in their personal
    vehicles, a taxi program utilizing rented
    vehicles and a combination of volunteer and paid
    drivers and five volunteer driven vans in the
    rural counties

18
Active Options Physical Activity Census
  • The Physical Activity Census identified physical
    activity programs available for seniors in the
    six rural counties. Brazos Valley Health
    Partnership members assisted in identifying key
    community stakeholders and programs for the
    survey. The program listing is accessible on the
    web. http//activeoptions.org/

19
Wolf Pen Creek Park
  • Developed by the City of College Station, the
    park design balances the interrelationships
    between drainage, erosion control, and recreation
    along a local creek. The park offers a variety of
    outdoor recreation experiences for all ages
    including walking trails, picnicking, and an
    amphitheater for entertainment and community
    events.

20
Downtown Bryan Revitalization
  • project aims to create a vibrant historic
    business district and accentuate the uniqueness
    and diversity of the community while maintaining
    the historic integrity of the past amidst a
    multi-use business/residential environment. An
    integral element of the project is the
    partnership between the municipality, private
    businesses and property owners.

21
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
  • Achievement Award Winners
  • Atlanta Regional Commission, Georgia
  • City of Kirkland, Washington
  • Commitment Award Winners
  • Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Texas
  • Carver County Public Health Division and Carver
    County Health Partnership, Minnesota
  • City of Rogers, Arkansas
  • Queen Anne's County Housing Authority, Maryland
  • Town of Scarborough, Maine

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Celebrate Success!
25
Media Alert
  • Media Alert Brazos Valley Wins EPA Award
  • What Brazos Valley Building Healthy Communities
    Coalition (BVBHCC) Celebration
  • When February 13, 2008 from 330-500pm
  • Where LaSalle Hotel (Brazos Room) in Downtown
    Bryan at 120 South Main Street 
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys ( EPA)
    Aging Initiative is spearheading a national award
    which recognizes communities for their
    outstanding comprehensive approaches to
    implementing principles of smart growth, as well
    as strategies that support active aging. Two
    types of

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Vision and Mission
  • Vision Every Brazos Valley community ensures the
    opportunity to enjoy healthy active living.
  • Mission The mission of Brazos Valley Building
    Healthy Communities Coalition is to engage local
    and regional decision makers to partner, plan,
    and propose integrated strategies for healthy
    living.
  • Tagline Building a Healthy Brazos Valley

27
Plan for the Future
  • Leadership
  • Goals
  • Short term
  • Long term
  • Focus
  • Building enthusiasm
  • Maintaining momentum

28
Community Garden Project
29
Community Gardens provide an opportunity to
incorporate Smart Growth principles at the
neighborhood level
30
Identify Key Partners
  • State Extension Service
  • Master Gardeners
  • Junior Master Gardeners
  • County Governments
  • Parks
  • Trails
  • RSVP
  • City Governments
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Planning
  • Law Enforcement
  • NET (Neighborhood Enforcement Team)
  • Crime prevention
  • Community Service
  • Neighborhood Watch
  • Local Farmers Market
  • Retirement Communities

31
Identify Key Partners
  • Schools
  • Faith Community
  • Neighborhood Associations
  • Brazos Valley Obesity Prevention Network
  • Commercial
  • Funders
  • BVHP
  • Academic
  • SRPH
  • Horticulture
  • Architecture
  • Parks and recreation
  • Kinesiology
  • Student Volunteers

32
Small Group Planning Meeting for Community Garden
  • Agenda
  • Welcome
  • Introductions
  • How and where the Idea/Opportunity came up
  • General community concerns regarding promoting
    healthy environments
  • Summary of Dr Lees class Questions
  • North Carolina Model
  • Questions
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Action Plan
  • Recommendation (if any) to present to BVHCC

33
Bittle Lane Park
  • Project Summary
  • LAND601 Landscape Architectural Design Theory
    (2-Week Studio Project)
  • Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban
    Planning
  • Texas AM University Fall Semester 2007

34
Lessons Learned
  • Amazing enthusiasm for project
  • Incredible resources to support Community Gardens
    in our region
  • Start small
  • There have been and continue to be community
    gardens in the region
  • We need to learn from our mistakes and take
    advantages of learnings from successful gardens
  • Safety concerns are important

35
Lessons Learned
  • Get buy in and commitment from the
    local/neighborhood  folks before beginning
  • Find local champions
  • Develop a protocol rather than one big project
  • Think in terms of intergenerational projects
  • Develop a model that can be in the rural areas as
    well as the peri-urban areas
  • Plan for sustainability from the beginning
  • The time seems to be right!

36
www.LNActiveAging.org
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Go Texan Certified Retirement Community
  • Application Section
  • A . Client information
  • B. Chief elected official
  • C. Local contact person
  • D. Web search criteria
  • E. Population information

F. Payment exact population x .25 cents or
5,000.00 (whichever is the higher amount) G.
Chief elected official signature H. Checklist for
Go Texan Certified Retirement Community
program application
 Texas Department of Agriculture  Rural Economic
Development Division  P.O. Box 12401  Austin,
Texas 78711
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  • We can do more working together than any of us
    can alone !
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