Through the two UA Cooperative Pima Extensions (CHAPS and Garden Kitchen), and in partnership with the local Tucson nonprofit the Living Streets Alliance (LSA), Pima Extension offered eight trainings on Active Living Policy in FFY16. Sites that received this training included:
- Three Tucson neighborhoods
- Two transitional housing sites
- A children’s clinic at a local hospital
- A recreation center
- A Native American community center
The neighborhood groups received a structured walkability assessment delivered by Pima Extension in partnership with the LSA, which included a walkability workshop followed by a neighborhood “walk and talk,” enabling participants to discuss walkability issues in locations where they occurred. The other sites received more personalized services, focused on incorporating and sustaining physical activities at the site and making them part of an official site-level active living policy.
“In total, 38 residents participated, providing comments on the walkability map, filling in surveys that identified barriers to walkability, and gave suggestions for improving walkability in South Tucson.”
