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Students Enjoying School

Lydia Daniller

6.3.6

Success Stories

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Food & Beverages
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Healthy Neighborhoods
Tobacco Prevention
Good Governance
Children Playing

Lydia Daniller

A Place to Play: Sharing School Space

"I live across the street from a school, and I used to be able send my kids to the playground to play and run around. But in the last 15 years, school grounds have been closed off"
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Healthy Neighborhoods
Bike Rack

Shindig Photography

Bikeshare Program Takes Off

“People who otherwise would go to meetings in their own cars or company cars are picking up a bike.”
Success Story
Healthy Neighborhoods
BUILD Success Story

Community members and team members working in a community garden in Camden, NJ. Photo courtesy of the Camden BUILD team.

BUILDing Cross-Sector Partnerships for Health

"ChangeLab Solutions has shared invaluable resources that have helped remove barriers to governmental services that affect women, infants, and children."
Success Story
Healthy Neighborhoods
Chicago Collaborating for Health

Ted Aquino

Collaborating for Health

"ChangeLab Solutions’ resources have been very useful for our department, helping to bridge the gap between theory and practice."
Success Story
Good Governance
Healthy Neighborhoods
Youth workshop presented by GHKC’s co-chair Carol Smathers

Columbus Takes a Stand for Kids’ Health

"It may take a village to raise a child, but when most of the village is offering your child a cupcake or soda, that’s a problem."
Success Story
Food & Beverages
An unlocked and open school gate

Lydia Daniller

Community Education Leads to Shared Use Breakthrough

"Principals [in Hamilton County] carry a lot of influence over what happens at their schools. They come from a place of wanting to protect kids. They aren’t anti-community, they just want to keep the kids and property safe."
Success Story
Child Care & Schools
People crossing the street

Lydia Daniller

Complete Support for Complete Streets

It was important to start with a very strong, complete ordinance, as opposed to starting with something that didn’t reach as high as we could have,"
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Healthy Neighborhoods