Panel 7Connecting Health to Planning
The 14-town Healthy Hampshire helps integrate health,
planning, built environment, food, and clinical approaches
to improve health. E.g.,:
An AIA Hilltown design assessment to improve walkability
and food systems.
The Amherst Photo Voice for a bottoms- up resident-driven
effort to identify challenges in the built environment
Funding: Mass. Dept. of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control
Staffed: Collaborative for Educational Services
Led: Northampton Planning & Sustainability.