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Action Alert!
Follow the easy 3 step instructions to ask your congressman to co-sponsor the Healthy CHOICES Act.
The bipartisan legislation takes a comprehensive approach to combating obesity with provisions that address various factors contributing to unhealthy lifestyles. The provisions and strategies included in the legislation are:
- Increasing access to the tools and education to make healthy choices
- Updating nutrition guidelines for child and adult care food programs
- Increasing access to nutritional information and healthy, affordable foods in rural and low-income urban areas
- Improving access to and opportunity for physical activity for adults and children
- Providing more opportunities to participate in outdoor physical activities, including as a means of transportation
Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee Launches On-Line Survey
Do you have ideas for improving conditions for bicyclists and walkers in Elgin? Are there aspects of bicycling and walking you particularly like? If so, the city's new Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, established by the city council last fall, wants to hear from you.
The seven member group recently launched an on-line survey on the city website that lets you record reasons why you bike and walk - or don't - and what might be done to improve such experiences. There are also open-ended questions which allow respondents to add information not asked by the regular questions.
"It's our hope to promote bicycling and walking as an efficient and healthy means of transportation and for pleasure," said Jerry Turnquist, member of the group. "We hope residents will take a few minutes to share their feelings. It will provide some valuable direction to our committee."
The survey is found on the main page of the city website atwww.cityofelgin.org under "Bike and Pedestrian Survey." The deadline for responding is July 31, 2010. Please call Paul Bednar, staff coordinator for the committee with any questions at 847-931-6788.
