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The Smart Growth Coalition consists of interested citizens, governmental agencies along with public and private organizations who believe a community's growth can be better planned for a healthier, more livable and sustainable infrastructure. Our mission is to enhance the health, safety and welfare of our community through increasing awareness of responsible growth. In 2007, 59.6% of adults and 12.5% of high school students were overweight or obese in Collier County and those numbers continue to rise. The Smart Growth Coalition focuses on health in our 'built' environment while bringing multiple entities together to collaborate to reduce the inactivity and obesity epidemics that are currently plaguing our youth. |
Additional Information and Media
Contact Information
Please note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public record request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Deborah ChesnaTelephone: 239.252.2594
E-Mail: Deborah Chesna
2012 Monthly Meeting Schedule
Healthy Community Events
The Smart Growth Coalition monthly meetings are held at The Bayshore Community Redevelopment Agency on the third Wednesday of each month from 9am to 10:30am:
May 16th;
June 20th;
July 18th;
August 15th;
September 19th;
October 17th;
November 21st; and
December 19th (calendar).
The Bayshore Community Redevelopment Agency is located at 4069 Bayshore Drive Naples, Florida 34112 (map). The Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) was established in March 2000 to alleviate slum and blight in two separate Redevelopment Areas within Collier County: The Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment area and the Immokalee Redevelopment Area. For more information please visit: http://bgtcra.com.
The Bayshore Community Redevelopment Agency is located at 4069 Bayshore Drive Naples, Florida 34112 (map). The Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) was established in March 2000 to alleviate slum and blight in two separate Redevelopment Areas within Collier County: The Bayshore Gateway Triangle Redevelopment area and the Immokalee Redevelopment Area. For more information please visit: http://bgtcra.com.
Collier County Government Complex Farmer's Market
Healthy Recipes
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Every Friday from 11am to 2pm Farmers Market located on the first floor of the parking garage across from the courthouse. (map) |
Balance Work and Life
Healthy Tips
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Do you feel pulled in too many directions? Find balance here! Monthly health tips about active living, healthy eating and reducing stress. |
Healthy Community Resources and Tool Kit
Healthy Community Tool Kit
Environments |
Find research studies and articles here to enhance your understanding of health in the built environment. The correlation between public health and the built environment is an emerging area of study, evidenced in fact that it is the focus of two of the five current American Planning Association national research projects: planning for food access and planning for public health. |
Designing Healthy Communities Series by Dr. Richard Jackson
The Collier County Health Department and Smart Growth Coalition do not promote or receive any profits from the Designing Healthy Communities books, DVD's or CD's written by Dr. Richard Jackson. The links provided are for instructional purposes only and are not intended as an endorsement of any products for sale on the website.
Dr. Richard Jackson explains the link between our health and the way our communities - especially our suburbs - are designed. Obesity, asthma, diabetes and heart disease are all aggravated by the auto-centric way we live our lives today. It's no secret that today's generations of children are likely to have shorter lives than their parents because of their unhealthy lifestyles. It doesn't have to be this way. Well-designed communities can improve both physical and mental health, as Dr. Jackson explains in this four-part public television series and the accompanying book Designing Healthy Living.
Related topics:
Episode 1: Retrofitting SuburbiaEpisode 2: Rebuilding Places of the Heart Episode 3: Social Policy in ConcreteEpisode 4: Searching for Shangri La
