Where Do Flint's Children Play
- About The HKHC Program
- Where Do Flint's Children Play
- Survey Results
- Flint Parks Map
- Focus Parks
- Contact
- Park Amenity Assessments
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, (HKHC) a national
program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), advances
community-based solutions that will help reverse the childhood
obesity epidemic. It focuses on changing policies and environments
to support active living and healthy eating among children and
families. Healthy Kids, Healthy Communitiesis RWJF’s largest
investment to date in community-based solutions to childhood obesity.
With nine Leading Sites chosen in late 2008, the Crim Fitness
Foundation joins 41 leading sites chosen in 2009. All 50 sites
are targeting improvements in local policies and their community
environment—changes that research indicates could help children
eat healthier and be more active, and thereby prevent obesity.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities is a cornerstone of RWJF’s
$500 million commitment to reverse the country’s childhood
obesity epidemic by 2015. Flint’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Initiative, known as Where Do Flint’s Children Play, will help create a safe and maintained park system to provide opportunities for youth and families to be physically active.
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Where do Flint’s Children Play?
One third of Flint’s children are infrequently participating in physical activity. One of the reasons for this may be the lack of safe public places for play. The Crim’s HKHC initiative will address this issue by working with the City of Flint and a collaborative partnership to create safe and maintained parks for youth to have greater opportunities for physical activity. Our project will take time and is funded from 2009-2013. Our goals over the next four years are:
- Create a replicable process that emphasizes community engagement to develop model partnerships for parks that fit its neighborhood
- Assist in implementing Flint’s Five Year Parks Plan
- Set standards of use for the existing dedicated millage (property tax assessment) for city parks and a strategy to renew it in 2016.
- Provide recommendations through demonstrated success in focus parks for a strong, updated parks and recreation plan
In March 2010 the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Partnership launched a community wide survey to understand residents’ perceptions and use of City of Flint Parks. More than 500 residents completed the survey and provided valuable input that will help guide this project. Click here to view the survey results.
Looking For A Map Of City Of Flint Parks?
You can download a pdf of a map of all City Of Flint parks by clicking here.
The Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities project is bringing together neighborhood residents and local organizations to work together to create solutions to improve park access, maintenance, safety, and partnerships. Based on a six month assessment phase, that included gathering community input through surveys and conducting assessments to determine access to and equity in the distribution of parks, criteria were developed by the HKHC partnership and three focus parks were selected.
Brennan
Max Brandon
Whaley
Successful solutions used at these parks can then be applied to other Flint parks, eventually helping to revitalize the entire parks system.
Click here to view the selection criteria and overview of the parks selection process.
For more information on this project or how you can get involved please contact Lauren Holaly, Project Director at lholaly@crim.org or (810) 235-7801 or Sarah Panken, Project Coordinator at slpanken@michiganfitness.org or 517-908-3822.
Click here for a brief overview that you can share with your family and neighbors.
Download The Park Assessment For Any Park Below By Clicking On The Park Name