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Smarter Growth in Collier County


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t takes 67 county governments, 283 cities, 108 towns and 19 villages in the sunshine state to help The Florida De- partment of Health achieve its ambitious goal—to be the healthiest state in the nation. The department’s Collier County Smart Growth Coalition is supporting this effort with innovative programs such as the Complete Streets concept. “We are hoping to energize citizen participation in our efforts to increase active living and healthy eating, connec- tivity amongst neighborhoods, schools, parks and shopping and to preserve green space where children can play and wildlife can thrive,” says Debo- rah Chesna, a Healthy Communities Program consultant, who adds that the Florida Department of Health website for Collier County is getting a facelift. “We want our website to be user- friendly and inviting, so that residents want to learn about topics such as the Everglades River of Grass Feasibility Study or how the built environment affects their health,” says Chesna. “We would love to see residents personally invested in the things that we do to ben- efit them and our beautiful community.”


For more information, call Chesna at 239-252-2594 or visit HealthyCollier.org.


A cloudy day is no match for


a sunny disposition. ~William Arthur Ward


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