Riverfront Park in Newark, NJ

https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/2015-national-award-smart-growth-achievement-booklet

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2015-09/2015-sg-awards-newark-400.jpg?itok=m7Cz4osS

Class concepts: Built environment contributes to green space and promotes economic development and sense of togetherness in community

Potential health Impacts: Improved mental health through more sunlight, fresh air and exercise. Protects neighborhoods from flooding. Alternative to unhealthy activities, provides a safe space to interact with one another.

Personal Reflection: I think that having a safe and beautiful space to gather in a community is extremely beneficial to quality of life. Outdoor space

Location: Mueller, Austin, Texas

Name: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) program

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Connection: The project is about community phsyical wellness and safety that are influenced by neighborhood factors. For example, being able to have safe sidewalks to exercise on.

Health Impacts: It can help your well-being and the community's well-being. It can also create a sense of security since there is accessibility of resources.

Reflection: It's a good program because it's beneficial for all individuals.

Local Foods, Local Places

Huntington, West Virgina

https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/local-foods-local-places-huntington-wv

Connected to social and community context and built environment due to using community connections to increase access to healthy food by building markets in the local community that relied on local food.

The potential health impact of this project was that the community now had access to healthy food that they did not have previously and gained space to create community events.

Personal Reflection: This was a good idea because the previous food markets were upgraded in order to improve the community in other ways such as giving access to community events. It also demonstrated that community input was important to the success of a project.

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/millinocket-recovering-loss-industrial-giant/

Class concepts: the preserved wildlife space promotes economic development for more green spaces and community trust through educational, cultural, and religious facilities that everyone can access easily through the greenway

potential health impacts: less reliance on public and private transportation via greenway which promotes more physical activity, the stormwater runoff safeguards the community from floods and other natural disasters, more public awareness on how to interact with wildlife????

personal reflection: i like the idea, but i feel like the inclusion of a golf course kind of cancels out the whole environmentally friendly shtick this thing is built on

https://togethernorthjersey.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Passaic-Market-St-Report-Final.pdf

Provides a service to the community, promotes social cohesion and nutritious meals

Health impacts- promotes walking (to and from street), promotes social interaction

We both think that this service brings together the community and provides access to nutritious foods.

• Aseeds Initiative in Duck Hill, Mississippi

• https://ecoadapt.org/projects/19/Achieving-Sustainability-through-Education-and-Economic-Development-Solutions

• Connection to class: One of their goals is to empower residents to become more involved in achieving community resilience. Paid 18 youth rangers stipends of $10 per hour. Keeping youth out of dangerous situations.

• Potential health impacts: installed over 1,000 feet of grey and green infrastructure, installed a water diversion system at the community gym, and mitigated flooding in seniors' homes.