Requested support and technical resources or recommendations for the development of the Texas plan
Information Sharing Statewide –
Maintain Contact Among Summit Participants
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Need to provide a way for participants today to find each other throughout the year
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Statewide database with a contact person for each area of Texas with information about resources
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Formalize the idea sharing – like today’s summit
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“Communication is a critical part of any plan” – Dr. Bill Kohl
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Establishing Goals
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Set incremental goals, provide timelines (Nate Turner)
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Planning Collaboration - Master Planning
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Information about what to do once you have access to resources
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On the ground, off-road, hike and bike trail-every city should have at least a master plan for this. Should include: mass transportation, local businesses; technical name for trails when speaking to engineers: “non-motorized urban mobility corridors”
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It would help to have a plan for school-city communication when new schools are built for when people call to complain about lack of safe routes
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Evaluation Component
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Use Austin Fitness index, use university students, to collect data needed to show the city leaders that there is a need.
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Include evaluation component
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What about a needs assessment at the city/community level to provide information for this plan and adapt the plan for the local community? Allows you to establish a baseline for that community.
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Info on what works - Best Practices
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Information about what established organizations do – like AHA, etc.
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Suggestions for Funding and Sustainability
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Provide a way to search for grants, resources, easily – a database
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Provide Guidance on Cultural Issues
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San Antonio – allowance for cultural variance/rules and suggestions regarding culture
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Bilingual materials
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Social Marketing
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Fit Future Month during Public Health Week in April – sending info to form walking clubs at neighborhood level; Neighborhood walkability assessment – take checklist into neighborhood to find things which enhance and diminish walking; voluntary group goes into neighborhoods; ~63 groups formed thru neighborhood associations
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Social marketing campaign that could be easy to use in all the communities and can be adapted locally
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Social marketing that can be tailored to your community
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What about providing opportunities for Spanish speakers within the plan?
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Need leadership from the medical community, who are influencers
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State plan should talk about getting involved in local SHAC (School Health Advisory Committee)
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Should encourage people to get involved at local levels
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Ways to get the city council, city manager involved.
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