Incorporating Health into your Comprehensive Plan
Tuesday, April 10 2007
Sponsored by MNAPA, Hennepin County and Ramsey County
9 AM - 12 Noon (bagels, fruit and hot drinks available at 8:45 AM)
Brooklyn Park City Hall
City Council Chambers
5200 85th Avenue North Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
763-424-8000
Target audience: Planners, policy makers, consultants, traffic engineers, public health officials and others interested in the integration of health into the comprehensive planning process.
Objectives: Discover ways that municipalities and counties can integrate health into the comprehensive planning process, determine if this makes sense for your community, and if so, how. We will discuss the visioning process, comprehensive plan elements/components, and potential policy direction. International and national examples from Europe, Washington and California will be provided, and will include ideas around land use, transportation, air and water quality. Strategies to help reduce chronic diseases (including obesity, diabetes and cancer) through improved conditions for bicycling and walking will also be discussed.
The agenda will include an introduction to health and comprehensive planning, APA's perspective on the national level, local examples, ideas on bringing this together in your community, and potential next steps.
Speakers: A Welcome will be given by the Mayor Steve Lampi of Brooklyn Park, as well as 1st District Commissioner Mike Opat of Hennepin County. Speakers include Steve Clark of Transit for Livable Communities, Karen Nikolai of Hennepin County and Amber Dallman of Ramsey County.
Questions: If you have any questions about the content of this workshop please contact Karen Nikolai of Hennepin County at 612-348-8089 or karen.nikolai@co.hennepin.mn.us.
Reservations: Please e-mail or call Lisa Wittman at the City of Golden Valley (lwittman@ci.golden-valley.mn.us or 763-593-3992) by Tuesday April 3rd to reserve your space. There is no cost to attend but we would like to know the number of attendees in order to order the right amount of food and handouts.
