Creating Awareness & Support for Environmental Change in Herkimer County
HCHN will conduct regular activities to increase elected representatives and community awareness of and support for policy and environmental change in Herkimer County for the reduction of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Several Herkimer County Communities have officially adopted resolutions to promote healthy lifestyles:
County Healthy Community Resolutions in Herkimer County
Herkimer County Complete Streets Policies
Community Advocacy Opportunities
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
NYS Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Alliance
Community Resources
Community Walk: Map your own trails in your community.
Sustainablility Toolkit
Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory
Healthy School Vending Machines
Soda in School Vending Machine Myths
Developing a Healthy Beverage Vending Agreement
District Policy for Establishing a HEalthy Vending Program
Model Healthy Beverage Vending Agreement
Closing the Gaps in the Canalway Trail
Parks & Trails New York Plan of Action
Status of the Canalway Trail by John Dimura, Trails Director, NYS Canal Corporation
Why is Completeing the Canalway Trail Important by Dropkin, Executive Director, Parks & Trails New York
Erie Canalway Trail Connections (Rome to Little Falls) by Matthew VanSlyke, Senior Planner, Herkimer-Oneida Counties Transportation Study
Utica Roundtable Meeting Notes, May 2011