Webinar Recording-- Beyond MyPlate: Successful Food Marketing Strategies for Healthier Cities
On November 22, 2016 the National League of Cities and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in addition to speakers from the Office of the First Lady, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), and the City of East Orange, New Jersey, hosted a webinar highlighting successful… Read More ›
Spotlight: Increasing Access to Healthy Food -- New Orleans, Louisiana
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, population 378,715, earned a Silver medal in Goal IV: Model Food Service of Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC), a key part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative. In 2012, Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed an executive order outlining a standard for healthier foods and beverages in the vending… Read More ›
LMCTC's First All-Star Community -- McAllen, Texas
The City of McAllen, Texas, home to 136,639 residents living along the U.S‐ Mexico border, is the first city to have achieved the (LMCTC) All-Star designation, the highest recognition for participants in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative. McAllen, Texas in partnership with residents, governmental organizations, non-profits, and small businesses, has made physical activity… Read More ›
Webinar Recording: Bicycle Friendly Communities
The National League of Cities, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the League for American Bicyclists held a webinar on Tuesday, May 3 for jurisdictions participating in the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties, Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets and the Bicycle Friendly Community initiatives. This webinar featured Columbia, SC Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine and… Read More ›
Goal IV Case Study: Alexandria, Virginia
The city of Alexandria, Virginia, population 148,892, has earned a gold medal for its work on Goal IV: Model Food Service of Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC), a key part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative. In 2014, Alexandria adopted and implemented a healthy vending policy to promote nutrition and to… Read More ›