LWK Commission – Live Well Kingston https://livewellkingston.org WE ARE BUILDING A BETTER KINGSTON TO WALK, BIKE, EAT, AND PLAY! Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:51:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 LWK Curious? https://livewellkingston.org/lwk-curious/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:51:49 +0000 https://livewellkingston.org/?p=11402 Are you LWK curious? Would you want to be an official Commissioner? Here is some helpful information!

The Purpose of The Live Well Kingston Commission is to encourage, promote, and facilitate policy, environmental, and systems changes that result in a healthy and active community. We do this through partnerships and collaboration. More specifically, we:

  • We work through focus teams in partnership with community members. There are currently five focus teams which are: Age Well, Eat Well, Grow Well, Play Well, and Travel Well. 
  • Educate the people of the City of Kingston (and ourselves) on healthy lifestyle choices,
  • Advocate for increased access to healthy, nourishing foods; community gardens; parks, public spaces and nature; and safe active transportation systems, 
  • Advocate for improvements to the City’s physical environment and for the expansion of opportunities for residents to lead healthier lives,
  • Advise the Mayor and the Common Council and serve as a collaborative partner to elected officials, staff, boards, committees and other commissions on issues and topics related to healthy living,
  • Coordinate and facilitate the acquisition of grants and other resources by the Commission, the City, or any other partner(s) in order to support our purpose.

Commitment: As a Commissioner we hope you will do some (or all) of the following:

  • Regularly attend the Commission meetings where topics include proposed tasks, progress (or setback) reports, presentations from collaborators, discussions of proposed letters of support, and presentations from Commissioners on their focus groups,
  • Bring your curiosity and unique experiences and expertise to our discussions and tasks,
  • Contribute to a focus group that aligns with your interests or area of expertise, 
  • Occasionally, contribute your time to tasks outside of the monthly meetings and focus groups. These tasks may involve research, editing or writing, or representing Live Well Kingston at other meetings and events. 
  • To be an official Commissioner, you’ll be asked to sign an official book in the Clerk’s Office. By signing the book, you will have formally sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of New York, and to faithfully discharge the duties of Live Well Kingston Commissioner. Commissioners are volunteers and will always be afforded the guidance and education necessary to continue serving in good faith.

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