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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Fall
River Mass
in Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly toured staff from Health
Resources in Action (HRIA), the Boston office of the Mass.
Department of Public Health (DPH), and Southeast Regional DPH Community
Liaison/Policy Coordinator Maria Evora-Rosa, on August 29, 2012 to show
them various projects underway in the City. The hour-long trip included
some of the newly
cleaned and refurbished parks, views
of Cook Pond, newly proposed Fall
River Regional Bikeway, including the planned
Quequechan River and Scholarship City bike
routes and striping on Eastern Avenue, Plymouth Avenue and Stonehaven
Road, and the addition of both school
and community gardens. Following the tour, the group joined Health
and Human Services Director Henry Vaillancourt, M.D., Fall
River Park Advocates Coordinator Sandy Dennis,
and Fall
River Bicycle Committee chairman Brian Pearson.in the Government
Center conference room to continue the discussion of ways to change
policies and environments to favor healthy choices. Click here for a
link to a 35-minute |
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(Top row) Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly meets Craig Andrade from the Mass. Department of Public Health and Kelley Whitmore from the Trustees of Reservations in front of Government Center before boarding the City trolley where she passes out literature to Brenda Berube of the Fall River Schools and Aleya Martin from Health Resources in Action (HRIA). (Row two) Judy Foley of HRIA talks with Maria Evora-Rosa from the Southeast Regional Health Office of DPH while University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program project leader Pat Bebo looks at material that Brenda Berube shows her, (Row three) Julie points out to Mr. Andrade and Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard the view of Cook Pond behind Ms. Martin and Ms. Whitmore as the group passes by the location. (Bottom row) The group leaves the trolley to join Fall River Health and Human Services Director Henry Vaillancourt, M.D. in the sixth floor conference room of Government Center to continue the discussion joined by Fall River Park Advocates Coordinator Sandy Dennis, Community Preservation Act advocate Al Lima, and Fall River Bicycle Committee chairman Brian Pearson. |
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