ULI advisory services panelists tour Arvada,
Colorado in 2013. Arvada was the first of three areas in the
state targeted by the Colorado Health Foundation, seeking to
make healthy choices easily accessible by better connecting
the built environment to community health.
Photo courtesy of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
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URBAN LAND INSTITUTE RECEIVES $170,000 GRANT
FROM THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR
INSTITUTE’S BUILDING HEALTHY PLACES INITIATIVE
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Urban Land Institute has
been awarded a $170,000 grant from the Colorado Health
Foundation to continue its support for the Institute’s
Building Healthy Places Initiative, which seeks to engage
ULI’s global networks to shape projects and places
that improve the health of people and communities
worldwide. |
The Colorado Health
Foundation grant to ULI will support 3 critical efforts
within the Building Healthy Places Initiative. They include: |
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Healthy Corridors project, which seeks to leverage the land
use and urban development expertise of ULI’s 34,000-plus
members to provide guidance on transforming isolated,
auto-dependent commercial arterial roads and soulless
commercial strips centers into vibrant, safe, and healthy
corridors. The project will focus on several U.S.
communities including Denver and will develop a typology of
a holistically healthy corridor which can serve as a
nationwide model. |
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The America in 2015 survey, a national survey of U.S.
adults to gauge views and expectations about community,
housing, and transportation, with an enhanced focus on
health and safety, social equity and affordability, and
other core issues to ULI’s Building Healthy Places
Initiative. ULI will develop an oversample survey in
Colorado to compare preferences and actions of Coloradoans
to the national sample. |
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A
series of forums focused on the intersection of food,
health, and real estate; these forums will convene ULI
members, the public health community, and other stakeholders
to explore how healthy food providers, including grocery
stores and farmers markets, can serve as drivers of economic
development, revitalization, and place-making. The forums
will also examine issues related to ensuring access to
healthy foods for low-income communities. The Colorado
Health Foundation will be an equal partner in co-chairing
and developing content for these forums. |
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“Our renewed partnership with the Colorado Health Foundation
will allow ULI to significantly expand the reach of the
Building Healthy Places Initiative, which seeks to promote
physical activity, access to fresh food, and other healthy
lifestyle choices through innovative urban design and
development,” said ULI Global Chief Executive Officer
Patrick L. Phillips. “This generous support from the
Foundation will enhance our ability to
raise awareness of the many economic, environmental and
social benefits that result from building for wellness |
Urban Land
Institute
www.uli.org |
Colorado Health
Foundation
www.ColoradoHealth.org |
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