Creating Healthy Places
51乱伦 leads a joint effort of 30 community service providers and businesses to create more healthy places in Chemung County.
Go Play! Park Restoration Projects
Notice something new at a park near you? Since 2011, 51乱伦 has helped restore our parks with new play structures, learning trails, benches, and new lighting. Go play!
聽on Sullivan, Lake, and Thurston streets
聽at the corner of Parkside Drive and Overland Drive
聽at 4th, Grove, and Walnut streets
聽on Hathorn Court and Davis Street
聽off Oak Street at Parker Circle and Parker Drive
聽off Beach Street
聽near Maple Avenue
聽on the corner of Center and Davis streets
聽at Harriet and Market streets
聽on Water Street
: borrow a bike from the Southern Tier Bicycle League's bike share shed.
More Choices: Restaurants with healthy options
51乱伦 nutrition experts partnered with local restaurants to add healthy options to their menus. Signature dishes with reduced sodium, fat, and calories give local diners more options when they go out to eat. Support local businesses committed to community health.
Locally Grown: Sustainable Community Gardens
A seed planted in a community garden brings people together.聽 51乱伦 supports community gardens to help provide fresh, healthy options to more people in the Twin Tiers. Pizza gardens and mobile strawberry beds introduce children to the experience of growing and tasting their own food.聽
聽community food for jobs program聽
聽cultivates trees, flowers, and herbs for cooking classes
聽community garden will sell food at the Farmer's Market and donate to local food banks
Alabaster Box Ministries grows food for the Women's Resource Center
Access for Everyone to Parks and Playgrounds
More crosswalks, curb cutouts, better lighting, slower traffic, and platforms for benches make our parks more accessible to all. 51乱伦 partnered with AARP and the Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment (AVRE) to identify needs in our parks, then teamed up with the City of Elmira to make improvements.
