healthy community= healthy lifestyle

Our Purpose: Provide a

framework in which

Marysville's

policymakers can

build and support an

environment that makes

it easier for Marysville

residents to choose

healthy foods and be

physically active.

There are 1440minutes in a day -it takes just 20minutes a day ofphysical activity toincrease yourmetabolism and helpyou lose weight.

Need a walkingpartner to helpmotivate you?Ask your dog. Theynever say no, andthey're ready togo at the sound ofa rattling leash.

Drinking water isimportant if you'retrying to lose weight.Some studies showthat dehydration canbe mistaken forhunger when all youneed is some water.

Summer 2007

HEALTHYCOMMUNITIES

Marysville

Project

The City of Marysville is proud to share with you this ExecutiveSummary for the Marysville Healthy Communities ActionPlan. The Action Plan, which you can read in detail atwww.marysvillehealthycommunitiesproject.com, serves as theblueprint for Marysville to become a healthier community,done through a collaborative, community-based policy approach.

Obesity and chronic diseases brought on by lack of physicalactivity and poor nutritional habits are reaching epidemic levelsin communities across the nation and in Washington state.Marysville is not immune to these trends.

But Marysville, chosen as the pilot city in Snohomish County,has accepted the challenge to reverse these damaging trends.

Healthy Communities is about creating anenvironment that encourages healthierlifestyles in our community.

The Healthy Communities projectmobilizes cities and towns to develop andimplement nutrition and physical activityaction plans consistent with theWashington State Nutrition and PhysicalActivity Plan. Working together over eightmonths with the Snohomish Health

District, state Department of Health, a leadership team includingCity Administration, Parks and Recreation, School District,Everett Clinic, Marysville/North County YMCA, and anadvisory committee drawing from all ages, backgrounds andtalents in the community, we completed the planning stageswith a strong action plan.

The Marysville action plan describes four priority areas:

• Increase the number of active community environments,such as more parks, trails, and a transportation networkmore complimentary to walking and bicycling;

• Increase the amount of fruit and vegetable consumptionpromoting healthier eating among all ages;

• Increase access to and promotion of healthy foods atrestaurants and businesses; and

• Increase the number of people who have access to low-costor free recreational opportunities.

We are ready to move and we need your help. After readingthe action plan, if you would like to get involved, there iscontact information on the last page of this brochure. Let’s getmoving, Marysville!

Dennis L. Kendall, Mayor

Eric Hatzenbuehler, HealthEducator, Snohomish Health District

Dennis Kendall, Mayor, City ofMarysville

Jim Ballew, Parks and RecreationDirector, Marysville

Carmen Rasmussen, CityCouncilmember

John Soriano, City Councilmember

Gloria Hirashima, CommunityDevelopment Director, City ofMarysville

Doug Buell, Public InformationOfficer, City of Marysville

Tara Mizell, Recreation ServicesManager, City of Marysville

Steve Muller, Marysville PlanningCommission

Colleen Clark, Everett Clinic

Gail Miller, Marysville SchoolDistrict

Greg Erickson, Marysville SchoolDistrict

Pete Lundberg, Marysville SchoolDistrict

Ursula Ranke, Marysville SchoolDistrict

Wendy Bart, Marysville/NorthCounty YMCA

Amy EllingsAlana MeyerArlene MeyerBarbara ArochaBev AndersonBreeze WilliamsBrian DoyleLiz DoyleCaldie RogersCaroline BrownCathy SchindlerCecilia SaldanaCharlie CobbChristie HilgendorfColleen FullmerCraig Christian

Curt MoultonDeborah FosterDonna WrightElaine CobbFrank BusichioGayle BluhmJeff MassieJim CumminsJody HoltonJoe LegareJohn TurnerJosh RosenbachKate MooreKayla FlynnKit BlueKris Passey

Kristin KinnamonKris WehmeyerMaggie BuchholzMaru SherryMarrielle HarringtonMarnee AndeMelissa QuastMichael DealMike KossakMike WilliamsMisky BromleyMillie LangumNancy ClarkNancy VolpertPaige ElwellPam Wessel Estes

Patricia DuemmellPatty DealRalph KruseyRobert DunnRuby BarrusRuth AbadShannon MillarSibyl MartinSteve SmithSue KendallTom SherryTeresa TrivettTracy SouzaTracy Suchan-ToothakerVictoria Mattson

Marysville SchoolDistrictMarysville Sno-IsleRegional LibraryGreater MarysvilleTulalip Chamber ofCommerceMarysville/NorthCounty YMCAEverett ClinicSea-Mar CommunityHealth CenterMarysville CommunityCoalitionSnohomish CountyNetworkWSU CooperativeExtension

Summit RehabilitationTulalip TribesCommunity TransitMarysville GlobeCostcoCampfire USAGolden CorralRestaurantBowenwork HealthCenterGold’s GymAcademy NorthwestKungFu4KidsSunnyside NurseryLet’s Dish

What are the traits of a healthy community? Marysville aims to find out.

Leadership/Planning Team

Community Advisory Committee Members

The Marysville Healthy Communities Project wants to invite you and yourfamily to a fun and informative community celebration. We’ll share the actionplan and kick off the implementation stage of the project. Food and fitness ideas,interactive hands-on displays, and more! Look for details in future City mailings,local media, the Healthy Communities website and Marysville cable channelTV21 for details. Scheduled for Fall 2007 or early 2008.

Priority No. 1 - Increase the Number of Active Community EnvironmentsRecommendation: Utilize urban planning approaches that promote physical activity

Plan and fund a network of streets, pathways, parks & trails that support walking & bikingwithin and between Marysville neighborhoods, city centers, schools, and senior centers.

Priority No. 2 - Access to Health-Promoting FoodsRecommendation: Increase consumption of fruit and vegetables.

Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables through Marysville Community Food Bank.

Increase the number of ESL students/families participating in the Marysville SchoolDistrict free/reduced breakfast & lunch program.

Establish Marysville Community Garden(s) Project.

Establish a congregate meal site for older adults.

Recommendation: Increase access to and promotion of healthful foods and beverages atrestaurants and businesses.

Ensure restaurants provide nutrition labeling on all menus.

Priority No. 3 - Increase the Number of People Who Have Access to Low Cost or FreeRecreational OpportunitiesRecommendation: Improve and maintain existing recreation sites and facilities in Marysville.

Develop model policies and programming efforts to increase access to public facilities forphysical activity.

Increase community ownership, involvement in, and use of public facilitiesby establishing Adopt-A-Park Volunteer Program.

Increase opportunities for play by building “fitness/activity” coursesand providing covered recreation facilities in selected parks.

Explore establishing community center(s) throughout Marysville.

Recommendation: Increase the number of free and low cost physicalactivity opportunities in Marysville.

Establish intramural sports programs in schools and work sites.

you’re invited...

Marysville Healthy Communities Project Action Plan at a Glance

To view the complete version of the action plans in full detail,visit the Healthy Communities Project web site atwww.marysvillehealthycommunitiesproject.com

This publication was supported by the WashingtonState Department of Health through a

Grant/Cooperative Agreement NumberU58/CCU019291 from the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents aresolely the responsibility of the authors and do notnecessarily represent the official views of CDC.

Contacts:Eric Hatzenbuehler ~ Project Coordinator, Snohomish Health District (425) 339-8667Jim Ballew ~ Parks and Recreation Director, City of Marysville (360) 363-8400

Writer and Editor: Doug Buell, Community Information Officer, City of MarysvilleDesign and Layout: Jennifer Ward, Pick of the Litter Design, Marysville

Healthy Communities needs your talents,expertise and willingness to volunteerThe Marysville Healthy Communities Project is seeking volunteersto become involved in the Nutrition and Physical Activity ActionPlan Implementation Committee. We are looking for volunteersto share in carrying out the Project’s established action plans.

Please complete this handy clipout form and mail to:Marysville Healthy Communities Project, Marysville Parks andRecreation, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville, WA 98270.

You can also complete this form on the Healthy Communitieswebsite at www.marysvillehealthycommunitiesproject.com -Click “volunteer.”

Please check area(s) of interest:Biking/Walking/Trails/Community Centers/Parks Advisory GroupFood BankIncreasing Enrollment in Free/Reduced School Breakfast & LunchCommunity GardensCongregate Meal SitesMenu labelingAdopt-A-Park ProgramActivity Courses & Covered PlaygroundsIntramural Sports Programs

Name:

Address:

Email: Phone #:

1049 State Ave. • Marysville, WA 98270

How big are we?In a Report on Obesity in Snohomish Countypublished by the Snohomish Health Districtin May 2007, Marysville and other northcounty cities earned the unflatteringdistinction of having the highest prevalenceof adult obesity (27%).

Clearly, we need to work on ourselves to seta better example for our children.Countywide, we already have nearly twicethe percentage of obese youth as the HealthyPeople 2010 goal of 5% - Marysville, as acommunity, must use the HealthyCommunities Project to reverse this trend.

DOH Pub 345-239 07/2008