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The 2016 Healthy City Ideas

The Healthy City Keynote Panel

Many of the panels discussed the “walkability” of Dallas, and the Healthy City was no exception. Panelists also focused on giving influential people in communities the tools they need to spread public health information.

Ideas for a Healthy Dallas

These ideas were submitted by citizens attending the Festival.

  1. Make parks more accessible and fun so they can bring people together
  2. Community reporter workshops
  3. More use of public transit
  4. Stop mowing the grass
  5. Why does our food have so much sugar and chemicals?
  6. More green parks and walking trails
  7. School gardens
  8. Address the desert + grow a community
  9. More community gardens
  10. Sponsor free health fairs in public schools 3 or 4 a year. Emphasize high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, and clean eating
  11. More bike trails
  12. Become a part of slow food
  13. Affordable healthcare
  14. Slow food kids
  15. Stop building golf course—takes away greenery and habitat from animals, flora, and fauna
  16. Multiple walking bike trails all over Dallas!
  17. More green space! There is too much concrete in Dallas. Green space encourages community health!
  18. Tax breaks for restaurants offering organic options
  19. Safe routes to school to bike/walk
  20. Fresh food, basic medicine, public transport, local business, ban plastic
  21. Less highways!
  22. More parks!
  23. Get 8 hours of sleep
  24. Help stop global warming (less cars)
  25. Help the homeless
  26. Stop wasting paper
  27. Stop wasting water
  28. Affordable healthy grocery stores and gyms in south Dallas and south Oak Cliff—not just north Dallas!
  29. Fair Park needs to be renovated!
  30. Access to healthy food everywhere!
  31. Program to utilize unused food from stores and restaurants. Stop food waste and hunger
  32. More walkable city!
  33. Make somebody smile today
  34. Libraries in rec centers, cultural centers, senior centers
  35. Promote farm-to-table lifestyles instead of big box grocery stores
  36. Lessons on how to cook healthy foods on a budget
  37. Make the healthy city accessible to all
  38. Promote/fund creative and arts incubators
  39. Offer tai chi classes at Fair Park
  40. Diversity is more than skin color—it’s income. Affordable housing is needed
  41. Wifi, bookstores, sofas and chairs
  42. Eat a good breakfast
  43. Remember to say thank you

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