Active Communities are places in our cities, towns or counties that enable people to get physical activity as a part of everyday life. Walking to the store, riding a bike, ...even just taking the stairs contributes to health and longevity. 

The Active Communities Program includes two main components:
Active Living by Design
Promoting Healthy Built Environments

Through this program we can help people become more active by helping to change the "built environment". For example, groups have encouraged updates to city and county land-use codes, promoted walk-to-school days, and pursued plans to create a network of walking and bicycling trails.

This program acts on emerging research from the CDC and Active Living Research that demonstrates the important link between the human environment, physical activity, and health. By encouraging community participation and collaboration among transportation, land use planning, and health professionals, this project stimulates progress toward creating healthier communities.

Feet First has also worked in the past on "Active Community Environments" in the Puget Sound region, and has provided technical expertise to the Washington State Active Community Environments project.