Link: Vermont Healthy Community Design Resource
LINK “This guide is for health professionals, planners and anyone seeking to make their community a place that supports active living and healthy eating. People…
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Link: Keys to the Valley Toolbox, VT and NH
Link: https://www.keystothevalley.com/toolbox-orientation-and-goals-list/toolbox-overview/ Keys to the Valley has prepared a “toolbox” of strategies and policies that can be used to promote safe and affordable homes while strengthening our communities. These tools can be used by a variety…
Link: Vermont Agriculture & Food System Strategic Plan, VT
LINK The Plan contains a vision for Vermont’s food system in 2030, 15 strategic goals with 87 objectives, and 34 priority strategies (recommendations for action).…
Growing Vermont’s Kids, VT
LINK A policy vision for Vermont’s early care and learning system TAGS: child care, legislation, pre-K, childhood, daycare
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…
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…
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
Health impact assessment – marijuana regulation in Vermont
Health impact assessment exploring cannabis use prevalence, traffic safety, impact on mental health, substance use disorders and treatment, academic outcomes, and emergency department admissions. Tags:…
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…