Austin/Travis County Active Living Collaborative- Work Group Brainstorming! (Policy & Advocacy/Built Environment Work Group) by Andrew Springer

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Brainstorming Ideas

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Objectives - Specific

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Strategies

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Activities

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Active Living Dashboard of indicators:

andrewespringer — 2025-02-20 21:14:24 UTC

individual-level (meeting PA recs) and environmental level (% of population in walking distance to a park)

Parks

2025-02-20 21:15:09 UTC

Add additional AISD campuses to existing Joint Use Agreement (between PARD/AISD) as a way to increase access to quality nature spaces close to home - MA

Support 'walkability audits'...

andrewespringer — 2025-02-20 21:16:37 UTC

...of different neighborhoods/community groups to generate data on walkability that can be used to advocate for improvements in built environment/community design.

2025-02-20 21:17:42 UTC

Create a “one number score” or color (red yellowgreen) for neighborhoods in Traviscounty based on the existing data

Schools

2025-02-20 21:17:59 UTC

Update AISD Education Specifications to include detail about micro forests on school campuses - MA

Macro-Goal

2025-02-20 21:18:19 UTC

Answering the question of: How can we best use the data and resources that are already available to support communities and advocates in their journey for sustainable change regarding all things active living?

2025-02-20 21:19:31 UTC

Cross-walk Active Living Plan with other City-wide plans to determine intersection (i.e. Climate Equity Plan, Heat Resiliency Playbook, PARD Long Range Plan, etc) - MA

Better understanding differences in opportunities...

andrewespringer — 2025-02-20 21:20:12 UTC

for active living programs (as well as built environment) for different age groups, cultural/ethnic groups, SES groups between East and West side of Travis County

Macro-Goals Objectives

2025-02-20 21:20:34 UTC

Find the best resources available and equip communities to use these data and resources to further active living goals through grant writing, workshops, policymaker engagement, etc. The best source that I know of is the Childhood Opportunity Index.

https://www.diversitydatakids.org/maps/?_ga=2.4179056.1762614070.1740086413-1945514240.1739818216

Develop a resource for local schools or neighborhood associations to describe the experience of active living and perform their own assessment + social media campaign for people to “share thier scores”

2025-02-20 21:20:49 UTC

Creation of infographics...

andrewespringer — 2025-02-20 21:22:49 UTC

...on active living indicators/data points that can be used as an advocacy tool

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Support ParkRx program

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Support Park Rx program - MA

Actionable Goals

2025-02-20 21:23:51 UTC

User-friendly Community dashboard of compiled resources

Exploring the strengths of communities via their lens...

andrewespringer — 2025-02-20 21:23:53 UTC

What does Active Living look like in Manor? In Del Valle? In Montopolis? In Westlake= personal testimonials and storytelling to highlight the strengths of our communities- which could be 'data' used for advocacy and for promotion of Active Living

2025-02-20 21:25:13 UTC

Identify three community advocates who have successfully advocated for increased physical activity resources in their community and ask what would have helped them do that woek more efficiently or effectively

Briana:

andrewespringer — 2025-02-20 21:44:36 UTC

Opportunity to get word out more about biking events and other activities