Food Policy Bites: Issue 3
Kingston’s Food Policy Bites Issue 3: December 2024 Welcome to the third edition of Kingston’s Food Policy Bites! A quick note to say that we’ve received positive feedback about this pilot, [...]
We are building a better Kingston
to walk, bike, eat, and play!
The Live Well Kingston Commission promotes the advancement of a healthy and active community by bringing partners and residents together to facilitate policy, environmental and systems changes.
We are Age Well, Eat Well, Grow Well, Heal Well, Play Well, and Travel Well.
AGE WELL
Supporting environmental changes in Kingston that improve Senior Citizens' access to opportunities for active and healthy aging.
TRAVEL WELL
Providing transportation agencies & the City of Kingston with tools & recommendations to develop a more complete system that fosters active transportation & healthy living.
EAT WELL
Supporting and promoting local efforts to improve access to healthy foods throughout the community.
PLAY WELL
Supporting policy, systems and environmental change to facilitate growth and maintenance of public parks, recreational facilities and open spaces.
HEAL WELL
Supporting policy, systems and environmental change to improve access to health facilities, increase knowledge of opportunities, develop healthy options, break down silos, and support needs assessment.
GROW WELL
Supporting residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by facilitating projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources.
About Us
VISION
Live Well Kingston envisions a community environment that promotes and supports healthier lifestyle choices.
MISSION
Live Well Kingston brings partners and residents together to facilitate policy, environmental, and systems changes that result in a healthy and active community.
What We Do
Live Well Kingston :
- Serves as a resource for education and a catalyst for decisions that foster healthy attitudes
- Acts as a catalyst of programming, policy, systems and environmental change
- Improves access to healthy, affordable, local food for children and families
- Improves access to parks for active play through environmental changes and programming
- Improves access to a safe and enjoyable walking and bicycling environment
- Creates synergies among organizations to provide healthy eating and physical activity programming for families and children using Kingston’s assets
- Creates alignment among the efforts of several organizations and groups
By coming together as one network working in alignment toward a common goal, Live Well Kingston members are able to:
- Define a common agenda
- Build knowledge and alignment through shared measurement and regular meetings
- Work more efficiently with mutually reinforcing activities
- Build alliances and partnerships to attract shared funding sources
- Improve multiple health indicators simultaneously
How We Operate
The Live Well Kingston Commission meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, from 4:15 to 5:45pm, in Conference Room #2, at City Hall and is open to the public. Currently there are six focus teams: Age Well, Eat Well, Grow Well, Heal Well, Play Well, and Travel Well. The Focus Teams work to advance policy, environment, systems change and collaboration in their field of work.
Who We Are
Focus Team Chairs
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Ninette Warner Chair, Eat Well
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Commissioners
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Lori Ferguson
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Sarah Brainard
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Katrina Light
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Nettie Morano Commissioner
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Anthony Fitzpatrick Commissioner
