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Built Environment Work Team
What do you think of when you think of your health? Probably not your zip code. Health isn’t always a matter of personal choice and where you live can have a lot to do with how healthy you are. Where you live can shape how well, or even how long you live. Led by the work of Health by Design, Top 10 supports efforts to ensure all Central Indiana communities have neighborhoods, public spaces and transportation infrastructure that promote physical activity and healthy living.
Interested? Contact Taylor Firestine – [email protected]
Nutrition Work Team
The Top 10 Coalition Nutrition Work Team (chaired by Marion County Public Health Department) continues to work to align several organizations interested in community health related to equitable, culturally appropriate food access, nutrition security and hunger issues, including but not limited to: the Indianapolis Community Food Access Coalition (ICFAC) formerly the Indy Food Council, the City of Indianapolis, American Heart Association, Eskenazi Health, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Indy Hunger Network, Indy Parks & Recreation, Indiana State Department of Health, Purdue Extension, and local urban farmers. These partners and more work collectively with Top 10, relying on the expertise of each organization to address the food, nutrition, access, and hunger issues in and around the food system and environment within Indianapolis and surrounding counties. These monthly meetings provide a venue to share health, nutrition and food related current events, programs, and announcements from organizations and groups from around the area. The meetings are a great way to stay on top of what’s going on in Indianapolis around the topics of food and nutrition, as well as a valuable opportunity to network with peers.
Interested? Contact Rachel Lowry – [email protected] or Chase Messersmith – [email protected]
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Work Team
Helping current tobacco users quit, and preventing new users from starting is a focus of Top 10. We are accomplishing this work by supporting Nicotine Free Communities in increasing the number of comprehensive smoke free ordinances and implementing smoke free policies in multi-unit housing properties. Together, with Nicotine Free Communities, we will work to gather community/grassroots support in Speedway, Beech Grove, and Southport for comprehensive smoke free air ordinances in these jurisdictions.
Interested? Contact Kendyl Matthews – [email protected]