Recent, Ongoing Projects
Improving Neighborhood Health
Increasing Access to Physical Activity - Bike Boulevard
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln collaborated with representatives from Lincoln cultural centers the City of Lincoln Planning Department, Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU), and BikeLNK (Lincoln’s bike share provider) to provide input and advocacy on several new city policies and plans.
Included were the Long-Range Transportation Plan, the Comprehensive Plan, Lincoln Parks and Recreation 10 Year Facilities Plans, the Climate Action Plan, and the Lincoln Bike Plan to ensure the voices of underrepresented neighborhoods were heard in these short- and long-term plans to improve and increase opportunities for safe and accessible pedestrian and bike friendly transit. Our South Salt Creek Community Development Project helped to accelerate and influence the creation and placement of Lincoln’s first Bike Boulevard.
Neighborhood Vitality and Safety
Streets Alive! and Community Development Projects
Streets Alive! The Streets Alive! health and wellness outreach festival was a mobile event, moving to a different neighborhood (who served as co-host) with a Title One school every two years from 2010 to 2023. The nearly 2-mile traffic free festival route lined with non-profit exhibitors provided health, wellness, and fitness resources, information, and education. Art, music, dance, join in sports, and farmers markets were interspersed along the route to encourage people to be more active by moving through the festival. Between 3,000 to 6,000 visitors were welcomed to the festival each year.
2017 - 2023: Through the Streets Alive! Community Development Project, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln! teamed up with the Streets Alive! host neighborhoods, (Belmont-Belmont Park, South Salt Creek-Cooper Park, and University Place-UPCO Park) Lincoln Parks and Recreation, community organizations, and other sponsors to make a lasting positive impact beyond the one-day festival through a project that improved the safety, walkability, and health of the neighborhood.
Active Neighborhood Resources
Neighborhood Wellness Support and Tool Kit
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln created web-based and printable resources that helps neighbors come together in a way that supports neighborhood vitality in a fun, active, and informative way, including a Neighborhoods Alive! Toolkit, outlining four simple steps whole neighborhood can take to organize an active wellness fair with printable materials, game ideas, and even local organizations that are waiting to help out. Resources provided also include simple wellness ideas families, individuals or a few neighbors can use on their own, like neighborhood specific scavenger bingo cards and maps to find the locations of free and low cost physical activity opportunities nearest them.
