WEBINAR: The Stroll Audit – A Instrument for Neighborhood Change
Occurring Tuesday, February 14th
Conducting a Stroll Audit is step one for a lot of walkable neighborhood advocates, and it typically results in constructive neighborhood change for individuals of all ages.
Be a part of America Walks and AARP Livable Communities on Tuesday, February 14th for a webinar titled The Stroll Audit: An Efficient Instrument for Neighborhood Change, which is able to embody an announcement about new sources and funding. A panel of Strolling Faculty Fellows will focus on their expertise utilizing Stroll Audits to interact the general public, construct consciousness of the significance of walkable design, establish particular pedestrian issues of safety, and advance coverage and neighborhood improvement objectives. A particularly versatile instrument, a Stroll Audit may be performed alone, with a bunch of different involved residents to doc wanted modifications, or with public officers who’ve the ability to do one thing about it.
After registering for this webinar, overview America Walks’ Tips on how to Conduct a Stroll Audit video and AARP’s Stroll Audit Instrument Package. Then, study in regards to the AARP Neighborhood Problem grant program, which helps communities grow to be nice locations for individuals of all ages. In 2023, a brand new funding alternative – Capability-Constructing Microgrants – combines $2,500 in funding with coaching, cohort studying alternatives, and one-on-one teaching from America Walks to assist communities to implement Stroll Audits.
We shall be joined by:
Rebecca Delphia serves because the lead organizer for the annual AARP Livable Communities Workshop and he or she manages AARP Livable’s coaching and technical help packages. She beforehand served as an affiliate state director for neighborhood outreach with AARP Pennsylvania.
Earlier than becoming a member of AARP, Rebecca held an appointment because the first-ever chief service officer within the Pittsburgh Mayor’s Workplace. In that function, she developed and carried out high-impact, volunteer-fueled initiatives that tackled urgent metropolis wants with a give attention to the revitalization of Pittsburgh’s 90 neighborhoods.
Rebecca holds a bachelor’s diploma and grasp’s of social work diploma from New York College’s Silver Faculty of Social Work, the place she was a scholar within the Catherine B. Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship. Rebecca and her household are proud to name Pittsburgh their dwelling.
Kevin has been the general public works director for the City of Carbondale for somewhat over six years. Previous to that he was town engineer for the Metropolis of Farmington, MN, for 10 years and labored for the Kansas Division of Transportation in numerous roles for 12 years.
Whitney Jibben lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and serves because the Assistant Dean of College students at Augustana College with 15 years of expertise in larger training administration. Whitney graduated from the SD Strolling Faculty in 2021 and together with a ardour for walkability, Whitney enjoys studying, watching hockey, volunteering with Well being Join SD, and spending time along with her household of six and two canines.
Niki Delson is retired from a 40-year profession as a licensed medical social employee. She was a commissioner on the Carbondale, Colorado Bicycle/Pedestrian/Trails Fee and is a founder and Co-Chair of the Carbondale Age-Pleasant Neighborhood Initiative. Niki can be a daughter, spouse, mom, grandmother, great-grandmother, and grassroots neighborhood organizer.
Ariel Hamburger is a Land Use and Environmental Planner with San Diego County – a place she obtained in 2021 partly because of her Strolling Faculty expertise. Ariel sees enhancements to the meals system and constructed atmosphere as a proxy of social justice and believes these approaches have the flexibility to remodel underserved communities. Ariel works on quite a lot of insurance policies, packages, and initiatives on the intersection of environmental justice and well being fairness. Previous to working on the County, Ariel labored on wholesome meals entry points on the UC San Diego Middle for Neighborhood Well being and likewise labored on cross-border points via the County’s Workplace of Border Well being. She graduated with honors from San Diego State College with a Grasp’s in Public Well being and a Grasp’s in Latin American Research.
What to Anticipate
With each webinar we host, our purpose is to supply attendees with new data and data to stroll away with and maybe apply in their very own communities and advocacy efforts.
After attending this webinar, we hope individuals will be capable of:
- Clarify why and how you can conduct Stroll Audits to advance walkable neighborhood objectives
- Use the AARP Stroll Audit Instrument Package to start out planning your personal Stroll Audit and provides examples of profitable neighborhood outcomes different advocates have achieved after utilizing the Instrument Package
- Apply for an AARP Neighborhood Problem grant, together with the capacity-building microgrant alternative targeted on enhancing neighborhood walkability
The Stroll Audit: An Efficient Instrument for Neighborhood Change
Like all of our webinars, this shall be recorded and obtainable after the actual fact. However you’ll wish to be a part of us in real-time for those who can for the chance to ask questions of our visitors and live-tweet together with us. You’ll additionally obtain ample sources and extra supplies for those who RSVP.
Be a part of us: Tuesday, February 14th
2:00pm – 3:00pm ET
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