Get Moving Kern

KCNC is the administrative home of Get Moving Kern, a project funded by The California Endowment to educate the community and promote nutritious eating and appropriate physical activity to combat the growing obesity problem in Kern County.

Get Moving Kern has speakers available to talk to community groups about obesity, healthy lifestyles, nutrition and/or physical activity. Please contact Jennifer Lopez, Outreach Facilitator, at 661.636.4484 for more information or by e-mail at jelopez@kern.org.


To learn more about creating walkable communities and nutrition, please visit the Get Moving Kern website!

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Community Design Matters: Building Walkable, Healthy, Livable Communities
 Paul Zykofsky, AICP Director, Land Use/Transportation Programs, June 5, 2008 Presentation pdf symbol: (28 MB)

This presentation discussed the impact that community design has on the health of residents and share ways of how to engage residents in retrofitting their communities to support healthy, active lifestyles. The topics covered includes mixed use, site design, connectivity and street design, public participation in the planning process, Walkable Community workshops, and Safe Routes to School.


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