Activate Asheville Area

53 Asheland Avenue, Suite 105,
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828 251 5909
Fax: 828 251 2437
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PHC Priority Area

Safe Routes to School

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a community and school-based approach to promote safe walking and biking to school. These programs increase physical activity, promote community, and allow children to arrive at school alert and ready to learn. SRTS supports walking and biking through education, encouragement, engineering (such as sidewalks and crosswalks) and enforcement.

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PHC Priority Area

Greenways

Greenways are pathways that connect people to where they live work and play. They encourage active transportation, preserve open space and protect water and air quality. Through community involvement and land-use planning in recreation and transportation, greenways help our communities be safe and active!

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Complete Streets

Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation users of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across a complete street. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is currently drafting its Complete Streets Guidelines. To find out more about PHC, complete streets, and how you can share your voice about equal transporation options in Western North Carolina, please click read more below.

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PHC Mission and Vision

We are dedicated to making Asheville and the surrounding communities the healthiest place to live in North Carolina. We plan to increase physical activity by focusing on the built environment and supporting policy for healthy lifestyles. To find out more about the Pioneering Healthier Communities priority areas and goals, please click read more below.

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A wide-ranging group of Asheville area organizations has joined together to encourage people in our community to get moving and live healthier. We call our effort Activate Asheville Area. We are dedicated to making Asheville and the surrounding communities the healthiest place to live in North Carolina.

We believe that, together, we can accomplish more by helping to leverage the work that individual organizations, businesses, nonprofits and schools are already doing. This web site is a "clearinghouse" of valuable information on local events, best healthy lifestyle practices and shared resources.

Together, we will activate the Asheville area. Join us!

Celebrate Living Healthy In Asheville!

Activate Asheville Area is designed to celebrate healthy living and encourage kids and families to embrace a more active lifestyle. The blog is best known for connecting people of all fitness levels to physical activities of all types, empowering them to balance the needs of their spirit, mind and body. Providing Western North Carolina with expert nutrition advice for a healthier you!



Mission Statement: To put Christian Principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

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