Improving parks, trails, sports fields, and other recreation infrastructure creates healthier, more sustainable, and desirable places to live and work. This webinar focuses' on creative ways that cities across the country are creating new opportunities for park and recreation spaces, as well as how communities are encouraging more physical activity in - and improving access to - existing park and recreation facilities.

Designing our communities to encourage greater physical activity and healthier eating and drinking can help counteract the most pressing health, environmental, and economic challenges of our time, from the epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases like diabetes, to oil consumption and pollution from vehicle use, to spending on healthcare. This webinar features some of the top ways in which cities and towns can promote Active Design, which encourages walking, bicycling, stair climbing, active recreation and improved access to healthy foods and beverages.

Resource Referenced in Mark Plotz Presentation [PDF]

Resources Shared During 'Becoming a Fit City' Webinar [Doc]

Food Access Policy and Planning Guide (King County, Washington) [PDF]

Creating healthier, more active communities, streets, and buildings doesn't just help address the growing obesity epidemic and the related surge in chronic diseases facing the U.S. and countries across the globe. More than ever, people are putting a premium on places that offer transportation choices, recreation opportunities, and healthy, fresh food options—and the business and real estate community can help meet this growing demand. This webinar will explore the business case for active, healthy communities, as well as the role that companies in Atlanta, New York City, and other communities across the country are playing in these issues.