Lead Agency: California Center for Public Health Advocacy

This project is funded under the Foundation's program, Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, which was designed to implement systems, policies and environmental strategies with potential to prevent childhood obesity in populations at greatest risk. The purpose of the project is to decrease unhealthy food marketing and advertising, increase access to healthy foods in corner stores near schools and improve greenways and walkability to the downtown as it undergoes development. Deliverables include developing a corner store strategy and citywide policy, building on the 2007 Resident Advocacy Promoting Health in Baldwin Park's Downtown Development Project by implementing policies and plans to improve greenways and walkability to increase opportunities for exercise and healthy food access.