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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Open space and
park development and community gardens were among the many topics
discussed at the first quarterly Healthy City Fall River Design Team meeting of
2010 held in the classroom at Stanley
Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR) on March 11, 2010. Mass
In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly displayed a newly-drawn map of
potential bicycle paths linking some of parks, waterways
and natural space in the City created by Al Lima of Green
Futures through a Healthy City micro-grant awarded last summer. Julie
also described an upcoming workshop that will bring representatives of Groundwork
Lawrence and members of the Urban Land Protection Coalition to Fall
River in April to: 1) meet with City department heads to learn from other
communities, 2) spark ideas and enthusiasm to work on open space issues,
and 3) to help to finalize the City's Open Space Plan and find sources of
funding. Design Team members also had the opportunity to meet newly-hired community
garden coordinator Nicole Fortier and parks
advocacy coordinator Sandy Dennis. Both will be working about ten
hours a week to help City residents develop those resources in order to
encourage more active lifestyles and improved nutrition, two of the goals of Mass In Motion and Healthy City Fall River. Click
here for photos of the December 2009 Design Team meeting. For more
information, contact Julie Kelly
at 508-324-2405 or David
Weed at 508-324-2411. |
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(Top row) Mass In Motion coordinator Julie Kelly displays a map of potential bicycle routes throughout the City that could link many of the parks, waterways and open spaces created by Al Lima of Green Futures. (Bottom row, center) Newly-hired community garden coordinator Nicole Fortier and parks advocacy coordinator Sandy Dennis met with members of the Design Team to hear about the different aspects of work underway within the Healthy City initiative from Design Team members who were present at this meeting, including:
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