Conversation CafesTravel with a CTG Coordinator around the region. Your color

code tells you where to begin and where to go next. The sound of the cow bell will tell you when it’s time to move on.

Alphie Rodriguez will lead her group through Active Living in McDowell County, Tobacco-Free in Madison County, Healthy Eating in Caldwell County

Mary Smith will lead her group through Tobacco-Free in Madison County, Healthy Eating in Caldwell County, Active Living in McDowell County

Jill Simmerman will lead her group throughHealthy Eating in Caldwell County, Active Living in McDowell County, Tobacco-Free in Madison County

Panel Discussion

Heather Gates, MPHWNC Health Network

Director of WNC Programs

Compile Health-related Data – Needs and Assets

Analysis and Interpretation

Prioritization of Needs

Collaborative Action Planning

Act on what’s important and

Evaluate

Engaged Partners & Community

Community Health Improvement Process

Our community is our patientWe consider many factors that impact health

Our Regional Data Collection Approach

1. Review requirements & guidelines2. Determine stakeholder data needs3. Identify publicly available, county-

specific, secondary data to meet needs

4. Where existing (secondary) data not available, consider filling data needs with survey

5. Develop survey questions to meet additional data needs

Regional Data

•Demographics •Socioeconomic data•Health outcomes•Health behavior•Clinical care•Physical environment•Public will•Quality of life

www.WNCHealthyImpact.com

Virginia (Ginny) Faust, AICPNorth Carolina Department of

CommerceDivision of Community Assistance

Senior Planner, Western Regional Office

vfaust@nccommerce.com

828-251-6914

Virginia (Ginny) Faust, AICPNorth Carolina Department of

CommerceDivision of Community

AssistanceSenior Planner, Western Regional

Office

Forming New Partnerships With Planners

Planning 101How can we effectively support one another’s common purposes?

During planning process• Volunteer to participate on a

committeeAt public hearings• Sign up to speak in support• Give real-world examples of how

this will bring about healthy communities

Forming New Partnerships With Planners

“What can we do to create better places, that people and cars can

share?”

With funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission

Virginia A. Faust, AICP

Emily JacksonAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)

Program Director

ASAP’s mission is to help local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food.

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Working with non-traditional partners – businesses and corporations

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