Healthy Built Environments
Reimagining the built environment with equity at its core.
Securing the Bag
We advanced health equity and mobility justice by securing local, state, regional, and federal dollars that support Safe Routes to School, Safe Routes to Parks and Healthy Retail, and active transportation planning and infrastructure.
$11,000,000+
**Secured in 2023 for partners and Civic thread projects
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We lean on 20+ years of experience co-creating creative, robust, and successful community-led solutions in disadvantaged and underrepresented communities.
Leading the region in Safe Routes to School
Our Youth Deserve Safe Routes to School!
The more students and families who can walk and bike to school safely results in less reliance on motor vehicles, safer neighborhoods, cleaner air, and greater transportation freedom.
Equity and Engagement
We engage our school communities in equitable and culturally relevant opportunities prioritizing youth voice.
Encouragement
Promoting safety and joy through Bike to School and Walk to School Day events advance community-wide support for Safe Routes to School.
Education
Multi-disciplinary educational programs, both in the class and the field, are a vital focus of our approach.
Engineering and Evaluation
After assessing built environment needs, we support funding applications, to get real improvements on the ground in communities that need them most.
Built Environment Change
Acknowledging the past. Moving forward with Intentionality.
Dismantling racist land use and development policies that have disproportionately harmed BIPOC and under-resourced communities.
25+
Community-Based Planning Projects
100+
Walk, Bike, and Park Audits
620+
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Real people.
Real transformation
We put action behind words and intentionally build PEOPLE POWER to advance collaboration in decision-making processes.
Our Mission
We won’t stop Advocating for Health Equity In the Built Environment.
We elevate institutionally underserved voices and priorities to co-create communities, neighborhoods, and places where everyone can thrive.