ACTIVE LIVING CONFERENCE:
MAKING YOUR COMMUNITY HEALTHIER
You are invited to help make your community healthier through active living. Please attend the Healthy Hometown Movement’s quarterly Active Living Conference to learn how community design can create opportunities for walking, bicycling and all forms of physical activity.
Everything from the location of stairways in buildings to the layout of streets and sidewalks can influence our ability to lead active, healthy lives. Whether you’re an avid bicyclist or casual walker, you're invited. RSVP? No, just show up to this free event.
NEXT ACTIVE LIVING CONFERENCE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Why is Active Living Important? 
Being more active during the day decreases fatigue from taking a flight of stairs or carrying groceries. It increases energy levels during the week and during weekend activities with family and friends.
Physical activity can improve endrurance, flexibility, and strength and can include things like walking the dog or working in the garden.
It's never too late to get more active. Every little bit counts and it doesn't have to be strenuous to be healthy. Just start slowly and build gradually. The time to begin is right now! Build a little physical activity into your day!
Get Involved!
Healthy Hometown partners with Metro Parks, the YMCA of Greater Louisville and many other organizations to help promote active living.
Healthy Hometown convenes the Step Up, Louisville! Task Force, which advocates for a healthy built environment and policies that support active living. The Community Walkability Plan was developed as a result of the 2008 Pedestrian Summit and Step Up Louisville emerged as the citizens advocacy group to see that the plan is implemented. Louisville Metro Public Works and Assets has re-structured the committee and Task Force to mirror Bike Louisville's usage of the 5 E's: Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Engineering, and Evaluation.
Other projects include: community safety initiatives administered by the Active Louisville Transition Supplement grant, promoting bicycle safety through Bike Louisville and providing technical assistance for Safe Routes to School programming.
Click here to read the walkability plan.
Click here to read the most recent Active Living meeting notes.
Click here to read the September 2011 newsletter.