Healthy Environments
Develop Healthy Environments and Lifestyles
Redeveloping communities need to offer residents an environment that enhances their health, enjoyment and overall sense of well-being. This includes everything from tree-shaded walkways and safe playfields to community clinics and environmentally sound design. LISC will work with community development organizations to promote projects that address issues of health, recreation, planning and transportation.
Here is a sample of projects done under this initiative during the previous two years.
Project Name: Northside Children’s Spray Park
Project Year: 2008
Project Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Non-Profit Partner: Northside Association for Community Development
-A free water park was constructed in the Northside Neighborhood for children.
Project Name: Go Green Garden
Project Year: 2008
Project Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Non-Profit Partner: South East Community Association
-20-30 neighborhood youth learned to plant, nurture and harvest a variety of healthy foods in a neighborhood garden.
Project Name: Pontiac Urban Garden Explosion
Project Year: 2009
Project Location: Pontiac, MI
Non-Profit Partner: Lighthouse CDC & Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
-Neighborhood youth learned to plant & harvest urban gardens and sold their produce at farm stands.
Project Name: Northside Grocery Store
Project Year: 2009
Project Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Non-Profit Partner: Northside Association for Community Development
-A business plan and management plan will be created to get the grocery operating again.