What is the National Recognition Program for Communities that Combine Smart Growth & Active Aging?
The principal goal of the “Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging” program is to raise awareness across the nation about healthy synergies that can be achieved by communities combining Smart Growth and Active Aging concepts. The U.S. EPA’s Aging Initiative will spearhead a multi-agency effort conceived and developed in partnership with: • The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC • The National Council on Aging’s Center for Healthy Aging • The National Blueprint Office • Active for Life Additionally, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, through its Active for Life program, will support a Healthy Communities for Active Aging Learning Network for participating communities and tribes and the National Blueprint and the CDC Healthy Aging Research Network will provide technical assistance. What is Smart Growth? Smart Growth is characterized by development patterns that create attractive, distinctive, walkable communities
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