In August 2016, Mayor de Blasio announced that Betsy Head Park would be among 5 City parks to receive $150 million in renovations funds ($30 million per park) to support improvements such as new hiking trails and sports fields Helped form a 30-member resident workgroup to advocate for residents’ desired renovations to be integrated into the City’s improvement plan for Betsy Head Park.Conducted outreach to businesses throughout the Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District to connect them to the City’s Shop Healthy initiative.Project EATS oversees one of the Brownsville Youthmarkets and operates the Farmacy program, which works with local health care providers to prescribe fresh produce to patients, who can then fill the prescriptions at a Project EATS garden or farm stand and Supported Project EATS, a program that works to transform underused spaces in working-class and low-income neighborhoods into sustainable, productive urban farms.Sold 35,000 pounds of local produce through two GrowNYC Youthmarkets (a network of urban farm stands operated by neighborhood youth and supplied by local farmers) and connected the Riverdale School with GrowNYC to pilot a produce stand led by parents and the Partnership for Children in the school.Plan and implement resident-driven improvements to the physical environment, especially in public spaces and housing and community facilities.Increase access to healthy and affordable foods by engaging with and building the capacity of local businesses interested in selling healthy produce and.It is home to a 15,000-square-foot Planet Fitness gym that registered more than 2,500 members within the first three months of its grand opening.It has 77 community gardens and 12 urban farms in the neighborhood and.It has the largest concentration of public housing in the country.44% of working-age residents are unemployed.23.8% of public school children (K–8) were categorized as obese, and 30% of adults in the community are obese.36% of residents live below the federal poverty line.Grant Amount: $225,000 Community Fast Facts

Project Title: Improving the Health of Brownsville Project Title: Brownsville Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative

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