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Healthy Community Design Webinar
Every time we step out our doors, our health is affected by the physical design of our community. Healthy community design can help improve the quality of life in every community -- giving everyone a variety of healthy, available, accessible, and affordable options to live, learn, work and play.
Healthy Community Design Webinar
Every time we step out our doors, our health is affected by the physical design of our community. Healthy community design can help improve the quality of life in every community, giving everyone a variety of healthy, available, accessible, and affordable options to live, learn, work and play.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2011 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm CDT, Arthur Wendel, M.D., team lead for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Community Design Initiative (www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces), will discuss:
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