Community Transformation Investing in Communities. Investing in Health.
Experts agree that the places where people live, work and play profoundly shape their opportunities to make healthy choices. People living in Wisconsin’s cities, towns and rural countrysides know that healthy choices aren’t always the easy choices.
To safeguard Wisconsin’s quality of life, we’re investing in communities where people are organizing to make healthy choices easier. This initiative will leverage existing momentum and spark new, creative efforts to shape community institutions, make public and private systems more responsive to users, and change state and local policies to make it easier for all Wisconsinites to:
get in good shape,
eat healthy foods, and
get a fair chance to breathe smoke-free air.
In the long run, these investments will generate meaningful returns: Wisconsin communities will save money and save lives. Healthier communities can also reverse declining school test scores, improve physical fitness and enhance workforce participation.