SAVE THE DATE!
Walkability expert Dan Burden will be back in Hawaii the first week of November sharing built environment insight on making neighborhoods in East Hawaii and North Hawaii more pedestrian and bike-friendly.
During the workshops, each community will have the opportunity to learn more about:
- making active transportation (walking and biking) a more accessible choice
- implementing Complete Streets and Safe Routes to School
- strengthening existing partnership efforts to improve built environments that enable better health behaviors and outcomes
- establish policy priorities as well as identify a marquee project
JOIN US AND INVITE A FRIEND!
EAST HAWAII
Wednesday, November 4
Aupuni Center
Hilo County Building Complex
4:30 - 8 p.m.
RSVP: BlueZonesProjectEastHawaii@healthways.com
NORTH HAWAII - In Partnership with Waimea Community Association
Thursday, November 5
Waimea Middle School Cafeteria
67-1229 Mamalahoa Hwy, Waimea (Kamuela)
- 4 - 4:45 p.m. Walking Audit
- 4:45 - 5 p.m. Arrival and Introductions
- 5 - 7:30 p.m. Workshop
RSVP: BlueZonesProjectNorthHawaii@healthways.com
ABOUT DAN BURDEN
Dan Burden, Blue Zones Director of Innovation and Insipiration, and Blue Zones help communities create active and healthy living environments by creating safe travel routes, designing pedestrian-friendly roads, and decreasing isolation and inactivity within communities.
Our environment is constructed to facilitate vehicle transportation, which can make stepping out into your community a daunting task.
Roads are created primarily for cars, with pedestrians and bicyclists as an afterthought. Dan Burden provides a framework and action plan for communities to change their environments into safe, walkable, bike-able and
