About
ARDC Planning has been contracted by Healthy Northland to provide technical assistance for active living strategies in northeast Minnesota. The goal in pursuing active living work is to implement policies and practices that create active communities by increasing opportunities for non-motorized transportation (walking and biking) and access to community recreation facilities.
Materials
A number of resources are available to help initiate and implement active living strategies in Northland communities. The following list highlights some of these resources:
Regional Active Living Facilities
Safe Routes to School (SRTS)
- MnDOT SRTS Home Page
- SRTS Planning Assistance Grants
- Minnesota SRTS Resource Center
- Arrowhead Region SRTS Inventory
Active Living Organizations
- America Walks
- Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
- Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (bikeMN)
- The League of American Bicyclists
- National Center for Bicycling & Walking – Active Living Resource Center (ALRC)
- National Complete Streets Coalition
- Pedal Minnesota
Active Living Promotional Programs
- 30 Days of Biking
- APHA’s 1 Billion Steps Challenge
- Pedal MN – #3MileSmile
- Walk to School Day / Bike to School Day
Regularly-Scheduled Calls/Webinars
- The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) Liveable Community Series
- Public Health Law Center’s Public Health Policy Change Webinars
- SRTS Monthly Network Calls
- Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) Monthly Webinar
Other Resources
- AARP’s Walking Group Toolkit
- Bicycle Friendly Communities
- Blockee
- ChangeX
- Minnesota Walks Community Toolkit
- MnDOT’s MnMap
- Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook
- Plan4Health’s Comprehensive Plans and Health Toolkit
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- StreetMix
- The Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials + Design
- Walk! Bike! Fun! Curriculum
Funding Opportunities
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Center for Prevention
- Community Development Block Grant Program
- Fuel Up to Play 60
- Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation (IRRRB)
- Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation
- Minnesota DNR Recreation Grants
- Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
- Parks & Trails Legacy Funds – Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission
- PeopleforBikes Community Grant Program
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- BUILD Discretionary Grants
- Transportation Alternatives Program
- U of M’s Northeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
More Information
Andy Hubley
Director
218-529-7512
ahubley@ardc.org