Active
Communities
“Many
people believe that dealing with overweight and obesity is
a personal responsibility. To some degree, they are right,
but it is also a community responsibility. When there are
no safe, accessible places for children to play or adults
to walk, jog or ride a bike, that is a community responsibility.”
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Our
communities are consciously designed to promote physical
activity including walking and biking as a part of daily
life.
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Currently, 26%
of Hancock County region adults report no leisure-time physical
activity. 89% of Mainers get to work in a car, and 85% of
Maine parents will not allow their children in kindergarten
through 8th grade to walk or bike to school.
Community design has a significant impact on how easy it
is to get exercise. As our communities expand away from village
centers it is imperative that community infrastructure and
future development provide ample opportunities for all residents
to walk, bicycle, and recreate in the course of our daily
lives.
Click on the links below for more information about some
of the local efforts to increase physical activity, and bike-ability
and walkability of our communities. In addition to these efforts,
Healthy Acadia also offers mini-grants
to groups working to create more active community environments.
We also provide technical assistance and other services
to assist with projects of this nature. Please contact
us for more information.
MDI Tomorrow
Bicycle & Pedestrian Task Force
Southwest
Harbor Safe Routes to School
Bar Harbor
by foot – A Walking Map
Friends
of Acadia’s Village Connector Trails Committees
Acadia
National Park
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