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2020 Objectives for Healthy Communities

Environment and Policy

  • Increase the proportion of vendors who comply with laws restricting tobacco sales to minors from 62% to 80%.
  • Advocate for a statewide law requiring all public spaces be smoke-free.
  • Increase the proportion of residents with pedestrian sidewalks, paths, or trails in or near their neighborhood from 78% to 86%.
  • Increase the proportion of residents using alternative modes of transportation (not driving alone) on their journey to and from work from 24% to 37%.
  • Meet the annual Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality attainment standards for ozone, particulate matter 2.5, and carbon monoxide.
  • Increase food security in residents with fair or poor health from 74% to 95%.

Develop surveillance for:

  • Bikeable communities
  • Access to healthy food
  • Youth access to alcohol