by communitycommo | Apr 16, 2023 | Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, People with Chronic and Multiple Chronic Health Conditions
This HIA looked at a Department of Transportation proposal to redesign a five-lane, federal highway that runs through the small town of Cuba, New Mexico. This rapid HIA, initiated by a community advocacy group, looked at the potential impacts of proposed highway...
by communitycommo | Apr 16, 2023 | Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, Urban Communities
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), conducted an HIA of three transit-oriented development projects—Mission Hill/Parcel 25, Bartlett...
by communitycommo | Apr 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Tri-County Health Department conducted an HIA of Sheridan’s Comprehensive Plan update, which is intended to help frame policies that maximize positive health effects and prioritize implementation strategies. The previous Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2004,...
by communitycommo | Apr 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Pima County Health Department, in partnership with the City of Tucson, Arizona, conducted a rapid HIA of proposed infrastructure improvements to South 12th Avenue in Tucson. The proposed improvements included bus shelters, sidewalks, lighting, and green space....
by communitycommo | Apr 16, 2023 | Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, People Living in Poverty
Researchers from Florida Gulf Coast University, in partnership with the Tice Historic Community Planning Panel, completed a rapid HIA of a road-widening project in a primarily low-income minority community in Lee County, Florida. In 2010 Lee County Department of...