Link: Age Friendly Community Action Plan, Newport, VT
LINK Newport’s Action Plan of recommendations and implementation tasks was developed by Advisory Council members, community stakeholders, and work groups dedicated to each of…
Audience: Planning Commission
Vermont Agency of Transportation and Vermont Department of Health – Best and Innovative Practices, VT
LINK Health in All Policies recognizes that health is determined not only by genetics, health care, and individual behaviors but by a complex set of…
Supporting Healthy Communities: What Can Towns Do?, VT
By providing a subset of tools and actionable strategies, this guide attempts to encourage both planning and health promotion efforts to address the environmental factors…
Link: Vermont Municipal Regulation of Alcohol and Tobacco and Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising, VT
Link: https://www.ccrpcvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/VLCT-CCRPC-Study-11-21-FINAL.pdf This report provides an analysis of available authority under Vermont law to regulate alcohol and tobacco at the municipal level and provide specific…
Example goals, policies, and recommendations for Town Plans by health topic – from TRORC Vermont town plans
This document contains a list of example goals, policies, and recommendations to use in town plans. The examples are sorted by the following topics: active…
Template: Town Plan Health Chapter, VT
Guide for Municipal Planning Commissions wishing to incorporate health-related language into their town plans, with sample language from towns around the state. Tags: health care,…
Sample Health Promoting Language in Town Plans, VT
Sample Health Promoting Language in Town Plans for the following categories: General Health, Increasing Physical Activities, and Increasing Access to Healthy Foods.
Preventing Youth Substance Misuse, VT
A community planning toolkit created by Healthy Lamoille Valley, a coalition of community organizations and individuals working collaboratively to reduce youth substance misuse and encourage…
Template: Town Smokefree Policy, VT
A template for towns to restrict public use of tobacco, tobacco substitutes, and marijuana/cannabis
Smoke-free recreation areas policy, Hartland, VT
This policy prohibits the use and disposal of all tobacco and cannabis products and equipment on all town owned land. Note that public consumption of…
Smoking and tobacco policy, Ludlow, VT
This policy prohibits smoking (including the use of smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, juuls, hookahs, and cannabis) within 20 feet of all Town and…
Zoning signage regulations, Windsor, VT
Zoning for signage regulations Tags: Signs, advertising and marketing, sign standards, cannabis retail
A primer on planning for prevention, VT
Any community member interested in prevention planning and addressing substance misuse may find creative ways to utilize the ideas presented in this primer. TAGS: zoning,…
Link: The Planner’s Playbook: A community-centered approach to improving health & equity
LINK The playbook guides the planning process by: Discussing how to avoid pitfalls in the conventional planning process that may create or perpetuate disparities; Explaining…
Health in All Policies – A Guide for State and Local Governments, US
Part I of this guide is a discussion of the concept of Health in All Policies, including its key elements, history, and links to other…
Link: Healthy retail playbook, US
Healthy retail playbook This playbook presents 15 innovative strategies to increase the accessibility of nutritious foods and beverages, and to limit the prevalence or visibility…