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Active Living Research: Promoting Active Living in Rural Communities
This brief summarizes current research on elements of the rural built environment that may be related to obesity or physical activity. Much of this research is qualitative in nature, including evidence and conclusions drawn from rural focus groups, PhotoVoice studies, policy statements, observations from the field, and lessons learned from rural active living interventions.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | information source |
Subtopic: | active transportation & recreation, health & health care, Recreation & Health, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | health, physical activity, active living, built environment, infrastructure, rural community, planning |
Telephone: | 858-822-6448 |
Link: | webpage |
Active Living Research: The Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools
The Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools assess the physical environment features and amenities, town characteristics, community programs, and policies that can affect physical activity among residents in rural communities. This tool is suitable for both practitioners and researchers. The tools include a RALA Codebook that provides users with a practical and simple guide for implementing the tool in rural communities across the U.S.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | assessment tool or guide |
Subtopic: | assessment & evaluation, active transportation & recreation, Data Collection & Analysis, Recreation & Health, Data Collection & Analysis, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | assessment, assessment tool, health, physical activity, active living, built environment, infrastructure, rural community, data collection, planning |
Telephone: | 858-822-6448 |
Link: | webpage |
Alta Planning & Design: Creating Walkable + Bikeable Communities: A user guide to developing pedestrian and bicycle master plans
This guidebook is intended to serve as a guide for planners, engineers and elected officials who will be producing a new or updated bicycle and/or pedestrian master plan. Data for this guide was developed from literature review, case study interviews, and input from staff at Alta Planning + Design.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | planning guide |
Subtopic: | active transportation & recreation, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | master plan, transportation master plan, pedestrian master plan, bicycle master plan, walkable community, bikeable community, bicycle infrastructure, bicycle-friendly community, active transportation, health, physical activity, active living, built environment, infrastructure, planning |
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Link: | webpage |
Alta Planning & Design: Essentials of Bike Parking
Alta and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals prepared Essentials of Bike Parking for people planning to purchase or install bike parking fixtures on a limited scale.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | planning guide |
Subtopic: | active transportation & recreation, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | bicycle infrastructure, bicycle-friendly community, bicycle-friendly business, active transportation |
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Link: | webpage |
Business Ready Community Grant & Loan Program
The Wyoming Business Council provides the Business Ready Community Grant & Loan Program, a program that provides financing for publicly owned infrastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities. Cities, towns, counties and joint powers boards are the primary applicants for this program. State and local community development organizations can assist and provide project management development under contract to the primary applicant.
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Geography: | Wyoming |
Resource Type: | funding resource |
Subtopic: | funding & financing, business assistance, economic development, employment & workforce, rural community issues & solutions, infrastructure & communications, Issues & Opportunities, Business & Economy, Community Building, Land Use Planning & Housing, |
Tags: | funding, economic development, jobs, small business support, sustainable development, infrastructure, local government |
Telephone: | 307-577-6012 |
Link: | webpage |
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Community Facilities Programs
Community Facilities Programs offer direct loans, loan guarantees and grants to develop or improve essential public services and facilities in communities across rural America. These amenities help increase the competitiveness of rural communities in attracting and retaining businesses that provide employment and services for their residents.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | funding resource |
Subtopic: | funding & financing, economy, economic development, business assistance, rural community issues & solutions, employment & workforce, infrastructure & communications, Issues & Opportunities, Business & Economy, Community Building, Land Use Planning & Housing, |
Tags: | funding, finance, economic development, banking, financing, small business support, sutainable development, infrastructure |
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Link: | webpage |
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Downtown Revitalization
The USDA: Downtown Revitalization guide links to full-text handbooks, planning tools, case studies, funding resources, organizations, revitalization strategies, and more to assist a community considering a downtown revitalization project.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | funding resource, information source, resource guide, planning guide |
Subtopic: | economic development, funding & financing, rural community issues & solutions, infrastructure & communications, redevelopment & revitalization, planning, Business & Economy, Issues & Opportunities, Community Building, Land Use Planning & Housing, |
Tags: | redevelopment, economic development, infrastructure, planning, community revitalization |
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Link: | webpage |
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Training Tailored for Emergency Responders in Rural Communities "All training delivered by the RDPC is certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is offered tuition-free for a broad scope of stakeholders, including the traditional emergency response disciplines, other emergency support functions as defined by the National Response Plan, as well as critical infrastructure owners and operators.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | information source |
Subtopic: | disaster preparedness & emergency response, fire & emergency management, health & health care, telehealth & telemedicine, community & public health, Local Government & Services, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | rural emergency response, health care |
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Link: | webpage |
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Rural Development
USDA Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. USDA Rural Development offers loans, grants and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing, health care, first responder services and equipment, and water, electric and communications infrastructure.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | funding resource |
Subtopic: | economic development, rural community issues & solutions, housing & real estate, infrastructure & communications, redevelopment & revitalization, Land Use Planning & Housing, Community Building, Business & Economy, |
Tags: | funding, rural community, economic development, housing, health care, infrastructure, development, communications technology |
Telephone: | 866-763-6481 |
Link: | webpage |
U.S. Department of Transportation: Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) provides funding for programs and projects defined as transportation alternatives, including on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for improving non-driver access to public transportation and enhanced mobility, community improvement activities, and environmental mitigation; recreational trail projects; safe routes to school projects; and projects for planning, designing, or constructing boulevards and other roadways largely in the right-of-way of former divided highways
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | information source, funding resource |
Subtopic: | rural community issues & solutions, infrastructure & communications, planning, active transportation & recreation, trails, transportation, Community Building, Land Use Planning & Housing, Recreation & Health, Issues & Opportunities, |
Tags: | transportation, rural tourism, funding, bicycle infrastructure, bicycle master plan, bicycle transportation, walking, walkable community, transportation plan, transit, pedestrian, trail, planning, transportation planning, infrastructure |
Telephone: | 202-366-4000 |
Link: | webpage |