Plan4Health Success Stories
Learn more about the Plan4Health coalitions and their success by viewing the series’ of success stories and fact sheets below. These stories include brief summaries of the project, the challenges and solutions each coalition faces, the results of their work, and more. Success stories for the national partnership are available as well.
Bike Ajo Coalition
Ajo, AZ
Learn how this coalition addressed barriers and promoted biking in the community as part of their efforts to increase physical activity.
Austin: Plan4Health Pilot Program
Austin, TX
Learn how this coalition leveraged partnerships and developed a Smart Trips program and a comprehensive neighborhood food plan.
Baltimore Greenway Trails Coalition
Baltimore, MD
Learn how this coalition has increased opportunities for
active transportation by improving the
built environment.
B-Well Bensenville Coalition
Bensenville, IL
Learn how this coalition developed an
Active Transportation Plan and
Complete Streets policy to ensure that all residents can travel safely.
Idaho Plan4Health Coalition
Boise, ID
Learn how this coalition has used
data and leveraged
partnerships to address the needs of the community and improve
food access.
Healthy Savannah, Inc.
Chatham County, GA
Learn how this coalition has launched a
mobile market and used key
partnerships to improve the availability of
healthy food options.
DE HEAL Coalition
City of Dover / Kent Co., DE
Learn how this coalition implemented
charrettes to inform the planning process and guide updates to their
comprehensive plan.
Health Communities
Columbus, IN
Learn how this coalition has leveraged
partnerships and created
tools to improve
bike and pedestrian friendliness in the community.
CPH-Chronic Dis. Advisory Board
Columbus, OH
Learn how this coalition implemented
Safe Routes to School strategies and have worked with
businesses to institute
bike-friendly policies.
Capital Region Healthy Communities
Dane County, WI
Learn how this coalition developed the
Active Living Index to better understand local conditions and used
data to inform future decisions.
Healthy Communities Coalition
Eagle County, CO
Learn how this coalition conducted a
policy scan of
comprehensive plans to better inform future recommendations to improve health.
EHHD CHART
Eastern Highlands, CT
Learn how this coalition developed a
toolkit that empowers users to be more
physically active and to engage in the
decision making process.
Exurban Louisville, KY
Learn how this coalition launched county
walking challenges and leveraged
partnerships to promote
physical activity in the community.
Healthy Communities Coalition
Greater Helena, MT
Learn how this coalition is using
data to help inform and develop an
Active Wayfinding System to increase
accessibility in their community.
Health by Design
Indianapolis, IN
Learn how this coalition is leveraging
partnerships and incorporating
research and
local data to develop a
master pedestrian plan.
Jackson Co. Healthy Communities
Jackson County, IL
Learn how this
rural coalition is
coordinating existing work and developing new
programs and
community plans.
Kane County Planning Cooperative
Kane County, IL
Learn about this coalition’s
food hub feasibility study their use of
farmers markets and
mobile food demonstrations to reach their community.
Kenton County P4H Coalition
Kenton County, KY
Learn how this coalition has improved
access to
healthy foods through a
healthy corner store program that included
feedback from the community and consumers.
Live Well Kingston
Kingston, NY
Learn how this coalition used
focus teams to implement a wide array of strategies focused on creating a
healthier community.
Plan4Health Lake County
Lake County, OH
Learn how this coalition is helping
target communities develop and implement
Community Health Action Plans and establish best practices.
Planning Healthy Iowa Communities
Linn County, IA
Learn how this coalition is developing
partnerships and working creating standards for
active living and
biophilic design.
Centralina Health Solutions
Mecklenburg, NC
Learn how this coalition is empowering residents to
overcome barriers to
physical activity as part of their efforts to create a healthier community.
ICCHI Coalition
Metro Boston, MA
Learn how this coalition established a
corner store association and is piloting a
healthy checkout to improve
healthy food access.
Coalition to Increase Food Security
Mount Hope, RI
Learn how this coalition has used the development of a
community garden to bring people together and increase access to
healthy food.
Plan4Health Nashua
Nashua, NH
Learn how this coalition used community
data to inform the development of a comprehensive
Complete Streets Guide.
Active Transportation COI
Pierce County, WA
Learn how this coalition is working with communities on a variety of
active transportation initiatives, including
Safe Routes to School.
Design 4 Active Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Learn how this coalition is engaging
partners to ensure that health is a consideration in future
policy recommendations and
strategies.
Health in Planning Coalition
Shawano & Menominee, WI
Learn how this coalition has
surveyed the community to obtain
data to help inform future decisions for improvements to the
food system.
HEAL Active Living Workgoup
St. Louis, MO
Learn how this coalition conducted
walk audits,
traffic calming demonstrations and created a
lending library to show how spaces can be made safe for
pedestrians.
Plan4Health Summit County
Summit County, OH
Learn how this coalition implemented
Safe Routes to School,
Complete Streets, and partnered with
corner stores and expanded
community gardens.
Plan4Health Tarrant County
Tarrant County, TX
Learn how this coalition has partnered with local
corner stores and is setting up healthy
food carts and
mobile markets to increase access to
healthy foods.
Thomas County Coalition
Thomas County, KS
Learn how this coalition has established
community gardens, passed a
Complete Streets resolution and more to create a healthier community.
Trenton Healthy Communities
Trenton, NJ
Learn how this coalition developed a
Health and Food System Element for the city’s
Master Plan that can be use as a
model throughout the state.
Pathways to Health
Tulsa, OK
Learn how this coalition has explored
shared use agreements to improve access to physical activity and about their work to establish a
Food Forest.
Umatilla County P4H Initiative
Umatilla County, OR
Learn how this coalition has worked to obtain members and how they held a
workshop to generate ideas on how to increase
physical activity and access to
healthy foods.
Plan4Health National Partnership
National
Plan4Health project and how
APA and
APHA support the efforts of the
35 coalitions involved and works to raise awareness through a shared communications plan.
