A Healthy Town All Around
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Updated: Jun 23, 2011
Lea Y
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Let us make sure we consider all of the elements that make a community healthy - which goes beyond walking paths (although these are DESPERATELY needed in Tuscaloosa, where I can't even walk across the street to the businesses adjacent to my job or to the grocery store 2 blocks from my house). Let's make sure we have walkable communities with playgrounds and landscaping. In addition to this, plan for grocery stores to avoid food deserts, affordable and mixed-income single-family housing (something we needed before the storm!), and restaurants with seating because communities with only fast food and take-out are often neighborhoods in decline. Furthermore, be sure to include all of our affected neighborhoods in the planning process. Alberta City is a perfect place to build our future while honoring the good of our history, as is Forest Lake, The Downs, and others.
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