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Cultivating a Community Culture of Health
Mayor Chip Johnson – City of Hernando
A little About Hernando…
Policy + Grants + Volunteers + Corporate Donations= New ParkLee’s Summit Park
Developer Wal-Mart Home Depot United Way Mississippi
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks grant
Renasant Park
Making Lemonade out of Lemons…
• Win–Win for the Bank and the City
• A great model for other communities that have foreclosed properties
Kill two (or three) birds with one stone…Historic District Walking Tour educates about city’s historic past while introducing a new walking route – tour brochures paid for with a Certified Local Government Grant.
Grant + Volunteers = Exercise Opportunity
Partnerships + Grant = Bicycle Friendly City
Farmers Market Ride
Bike to Work Day
Fed Ex Rock ‘n Roll MS 150
Bike Lane Striping
Miracles in Motion
Ride of Silence
Tell Your Story – it is free!
ABC Everyday Health program
Money Magazine top 100 Best Places to Live
Featured in CNN Great American Small Town Series
Selected first ever Healthiest Hometown by BCBS of MS Foundation in 2010
Preserve America City Tree City USA Playful City USA
(Kaboom) Bike Friendly City
(honorable mention) Award-winning Farmers
Market
Civic Club Project + Existing
Park= Amphitheatre!
Gold Award Girl Scout Project = Sidewalk Inventory
State Policy (part of DUI fine buys bicycle helmets in MS) + Local Policy (Mandatory helmet use for youth) + Safety Signage (free from DOT) + Bike Lane Striping (grant) = Safer Cyclists = More Cyclists
Local Policy Requiring Sidewalks (free) + City Budget for Sidewalk Repair/installation = connected sidewalks
Partnership + Grant + Volunteers + Business Community Donations = Community Garden
Partnership with
CFNM Grant to get started Volunteers from the
community (Mayor’s neighbor!)
MSU Extension Service (advice, and tilling this year)
Master Gardeners (advice)
Donation of seeds/plants
Culture of Health + Insurance Company Program + Donated Gym Equipment = Lower Insurance Premiums for City
From No Parks and Recreation Program to “Playful City USA” (four years in a row) in six years
Support grant from state development agency for “health tourism”
Hernando Water Tower 10K
Safe Routes to School Grant = no hazard busing for neighborhood
“Healthiest Hometown” Award + Grant + Donation =Resurfaced Walking Track
Policy + Comprehensive Planning + Grant = Linear Park
Avid tennis players + MTA grant = newly resurfaced tennis courts
Two city tennis courts were resurfaced with help from the Mississippi Tennis Association via local members for a cost savings of almost $10,000.
Just Do It