Healthy Community Links
Goal 4 of James City County's Strategic Management Plan seeks to "Promote a Healthy Community." The following are links to selected sites related to healthy and sustainable communities.
Resources About Healthy/Sustainable Communities
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U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySite for Region 3 (includes Virginia) that focuses on environmental factors but provides good general information about sustainable development. Also includes grant information. |
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National Civic LeagueDescription of Healthy Communities Initiative and examples. Check out the tool box and list of publications. |
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Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development Project of the U.S. Department of Energy that provides good overview of indicators in "measuring progress" section. Also, check out the toolkit and top sustainable websites. |
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Sustainable Community NetworkWide range of resources and tools for economy, natural resources and growth. |
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Minnesota Institute of Public HealthLinks to 12 sites about community asset building and healthy communities. |
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Hart Environmental DataOverview of indicators including an indicator training course that can be taken as a self-study tutorial. |
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Compiled by the Office of Training and Quality Performance James City County, VA, 2/00 |
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