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3 Sustainability
Pages 19-24

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... • Such work builds sustainability by connecting projects, people, and resources. • Community Development Financial Institutions bring together people, financing, capacity, and data to promote socially and environmentally responsible development.
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... Creating Healthy Communities Healthy communities have several attributes that represent a convergence of intent at the intersection of community development and public health, Hinkle-Brown observed. These attributes include affordable housing, spatial analysis of the supply and demand of human resources, accessibility, livability, walkability, access to fresh and healthy foods, an environmental focus, and sustainability (see Figure 3-2)
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... This convergence of data is not new in the public health or health sector, Hinkle-Brown said, "but for community development, it's a very new thing." For example, new health metrics and
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... , breaking it down." providing Access to Healthy Food TRF is a national leader in financing stores that provide quality fresh food at competitive prices in low-income communities. It works to reduce inequitable access to healthy foods by underwriting loans and providing grants, advocating to increase public awareness on food accessibility, conducting policy research work, and providing technical assistance services.
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... in the development. The store and FQHC are now sharing objectives around diabetes education and coordination, "which is remarkable," said HinkleBrown, "in that grocers don't normally engage with public health issues." The FQHC has a captive audience of people shopping at the grocery store who would not normally walk into a clinic.
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... "Simply put, we just won't be effective if we focus our efforts in the medical office building. As soon as our patients walk outside of the medical office building, they are impacted by an environment that makes the healthy choice not necessarily the easy choice.
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