Goal 5: Supporting Healthy Environments and LifestylesPositive, sustainable change cannot take hold in low-income communities where crime is rampant, health care is nonexistent and the only green space is dirty, deteriorated and dangerous. Sustainable Communities look much different. They include green development and design for buildings and their landscape. They offer safe corner playgrounds for kids, lush walking paths for seniors, community police partnerships that reduce violence, and new ventures that attract urban farms and markets, and new neighborhood grocery stores. Sustainable Communities are healthy places to live and work, places where quality of life relies on a close attention to wellness in all its many forms. In practice, for LISC, this runs the gamut. We support quality athletic fields and recreational facilities. We drive community safety efforts that mitigate foreclosure-related crime spikes. We fund the development of neighborhood health clinics, and we help connect farmers to urban food deserts so that low-income residents can access fresh produce and other healthy options. Healthy families build Sustainable Communities. LISC works toward this goal through:  |
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