Grant to develop trails, increase access to healthy foods

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The Center for Health and Social Issues at Georgia College & State University (GCSU) has been awarded a $360,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to improve opportunities for physical activity and access to healthy, affordable foods for children and families in Milledgeville and Baldwin County.

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The purpose of this project is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic among at-risk children by increasing opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. The vision of the Live Healthy Baldwin project is a community with access to healthy, affordable foods for all, and a community that is conducive to active transportation. The healthy eating component of the project will be accomplished by planning and implementing several community vegetable gardens that are located in, or are in close proximity to, low and moderate income neighborhoods. The physical activity component will be addressed through policy and environmental change that transforms Milledgeville and Baldwin County into a Bicycle Friendly Community where active transportation is utilized for activities of daily living in addition to exercise and recreation. The centerpiece of the physical activity component is a 9.36 mile (15 km) pedestrian/bicycle path that will travel along Fishing Creek from the Oconee River Greenway on the easternmost edge of the community to the Board of Education, Industrial Park, and Recreation Complex on the west side of town.