Walking and biking to school is a healthy habit that can help kids get in some of the recommended daily physical activity. Walking and biking rates in the United States have gone down a lot since the 1960s, although many communities have seen a slight increase in the last ten years. In Bartholomew County, we want to encourage even more kids to walk and bike to school by making it is easier and safer to do so. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Team (BPIT) and the Safe

by: Danielle Nickerson Presence - a word I don’t hear much anymore, but has become fairly popular between my husband and I over the last month. While it has many definitions, I have found a newfound appreciation and respect for the underlying meaning - the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing. I will get into why momentarily, but wanted to first point out, that while I respect the definition, I also believe it leaves out one critical elem

With funding assistance from the Plan4Health grant, Reach Healthy Communities was able to bring the Walkable and Livable Communities (WALC) Institute to Columbus, Indiana on October 14th and 15th. Though only here a short time, the WALC Institute helped reinforce the ideals behind our newly launched Go Healthy, Columbus (www.gohealthycolumbus.org) campaign, which has the goal of encouraging community design that promotes healthy active living for all ages. A major focus was S