Heartland Healthy Neighborhoods
Heartland Healthy Neighborhoods actively promotes neighborhood well-being by mobilizing people, ideas and resources.
c/o Community Resources Council
501 SE Jefferson Street
Suite 30
Topeka, Kansas 66607
785.233.1365
Website:
www.heartlandhealthyneighborhoods.com
Contact:
Nancy Johnson, Administrator
crcexec@crcnet.org
Monthly Meetings:
2nd Monday of each month
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Location:
Washburn Institute of Technology
5724 Southwest Huntoon Street
Headlines:
Salt Reduction Grant Accepted
"It's a great honor" for Shawnee County to receive one of only five federal Sodium Reduction in Communities grants being given nationwide to help reduce residents' salt intake, county commissioners were told Thursday.
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CDC Awards $1.9 Million for State and Local Sodium Reduction Initiatives
Five states and communities across the country will receive a total of $1.9 million for sodium (salt) reduction efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.
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Kansas Moves Up in National Health Ranking
Vermont remained the nation's healthiest state, Mississippi the unhealthiest, and Kansas moved up one slot in 2010 to become the 23rd fittest, according to America's Health Rankings, a report released today by the United Health Foundation.
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Sunflower Heroes: Bob Hedberg
Bob Hedberg honored as KSNT's Sunflower Hero for his work to make Topeka and Shawnee County a healthier community.
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Hundreds Attend Workout at WU
More than 28 percent of adults in Kansas are obese, but local fitness gurus are hoping access and education to exercise opportunities in Shawnee County help decrease that statistic.
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Editorial: Working Out
Shawnee County's Largest Workout didn't draw as many participants as organizers had hoped, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was a failure.
If it is treated as a first big step toward similar events, the workout could be the start of something very good for Topeka.
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Group Raising Bikeway Funds
In the wake of Mayor Bill Bunten’s veto of a $15,000 city expenditure to develop a bikeway master plan for Topeka, a local group is seeking to raise that money through donations — $5 at a time.
The Complete Streets initiative of the Heartland Healthy Neighborhoods coalition recently announced it was kicking off “$5 to Override,” a grassroots campaign to raise $15,000 to give to the city to cover its costs to hire a planning consultant to develop a bikeway master plan for Topeka.
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Visioneers Quietly Working
In March 2008, the Heartland Visioning process kicked off to cheers from an overflow crowd of more than 650 people hungry for progress.
Nearly a year and a half later, the cheers have died down. But visioning participant Nancy Johnson said the process is quietly but steadily moving forward.
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City Services Promote Health
Beth Gartner of the Capitol Journal wrote: "One new coalition, Heartland Healthy Neighborhoods, brings together city and county agencies, private physicians, nonprofit groups, politicians, hospitals, banks and individuals with a mission to 'promote neighborhood well-being by mobilizing people, ideas and resources. HHN received a grant from Pioneering Healthy Communities which was given to only 18 communities across the nation to adopt policy changes and initiate programs that actively work toward making Topeka the 'Healthiest Capital City in America.'"
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