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Next Minnesota Active Living Network Webinar: Design for Health on August 17 (no comments) by Prevention Minnesota
| Making it happen in Minnesota
| 7.28.10
Design for Health is a collaborative between the University of Minnesota, Cornell University, and the University of Colorado that serves to bridge the gap between the emerging research base on community design and healthy living and the everyday realities of local government planning. Please join us for a webinar on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, from 1-2:30 p.m. CT. Carissa Schively Slotterback, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, will give an overview and background of Design for Health and provide useful information on how to use the website and their resources.
Upcoming Event: Next MN SRTS Network Call is August 19 (no comments) by Minnesota SafeRoutes
| Safe Routes to School
| 7.12.10
Please join us for the next MN SRTS Network call Thursday August 19, 2010 from 9 - 10:30 a.m. Along with an update of SRTS activity in Minnesota, we will be discussing how to make your fall walk/bike to school day events more strategic to support a lasting change.
Minnesota First State to Adopt Complete Streets Law in 2010 (no comments) by Vayong Moua
| Complete Streets
| 6.02.10
Complete Streets has become law in Minnesota! On May 15, 2010, Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the Omnibus Transportation Bill (SF 2540), which included complete streets language passed by both the House and Senate in late April. The bill passed by wide margins: 58-3 in the Senate and 109-25 in the House.
New Safe Routes to School Video Available from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota’s Center for Prevention (no comments) by Prevention Minnesota
| 4.07.10
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota’s Center for Prevention has produced a new video showing how Red Pine Elementary School in Eagan, Minn., uses Safe Routes to School to support more kids walking or biking to school.
New “Building a Walkable, Bikeable Community” Video Available as Resource for Educating Communities (no comments) by Katherine Bass
| Making it happen in Minnesota
| 4.07.10
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota’s Center for Prevention recently worked with the City of Hopkins, Minn., to produce a new video, “Building a Walkable, Bikeable Community,” that tells the story of how community leaders have made strategic decisions to create an activity-friendly city.
