Part of the "Attracting Young, Entrepreneurial and Retiree Populations" initiative
Establish and promote Americus/Sumter County as Georgia’s healthiest community by improving health education, creating collaboration among health stakeholders, expanding affordable/free healthcare options, exploring specialization in geriatric care or mental health, improving healthy food access, developing fitness and recreation amenities, and publicizing outdoor activities and trails.
Tracks fair/festival representation for health issues.
Tracks monthly work group meetings.
Tracks expanded fitness and recreation amenities.
Tracks city-convened working group of administrators.
Tracks healthy food access for low-income consumers.
Tracks marketing plan for national retiree rankings and destination positioning.
Tracks Sumter County STD concern among middle/high school students.
Tracks health board meeting frequency.
Tracks public-private collaboration between existing fitness providers.
Tracks creation of a collaborative health expert board.
Tracks encouragement of home growing and community gardens.
Tracks geriatric/mental health conditions included in the service analysis.
Tracks community input on desired class types.
Tracks top-ranked issue of access to health education resources.
Tracks role of Sumter Faith Clinic in reducing cost burden.
Tracks healthy food hub pursuit.
Tracks top-ranked issue of illegal drug use.
Tracks construction of new bike/hiking trails and routes.
Tracks possible trail and active transportation partner organizations.
Tracks community health nights at schools after PTO meetings.
Tracks local food systems and reduced environmental impact.
Tracks packaging routes for target audiences.
Tracks goal of establishing Americus/Sumter County as Georgia’s healthiest community.
Tracks care access for uninsured or underfunded residents.
Tracks top-ranked issue of affordable/adequate health insurance.
Tracks geriatric or mental health specialization analysis.
Tracks connection of indoor recreation to bike/running path network.
Tracks publicizing existing outdoor activity amenities and programs.
Tracks top-ranked issue of access to healthcare services.
Tracks wellness branding tied to messages like “So many scenic ways to get healthy.”
Tracks low-cost/free healthcare alternatives.
Tracks adaptive reuse of former Piggly Wiggly building as fitness/recreation facility.
Tracks health concern categories from assessment takeaways.
Tracks fitness tourism weekend package concept.
Tracks health education topic areas.
Tracks top-ranked issue of mental health.
Tracks top-ranked issue of access to mental healthcare services.
Tracks public health priority established through local health assessment work.
Tracks health task force creation and action planning.
Tracks collaborative health events per year.
Tracks possible geriatric/mental health funding and resource sources.
Tracks top-ranked issue of alcohol abuse.
Tracks in-home care personnel evaluation.
Tracks entrepreneurial opportunity for bike touring company.
No single total budget is visible in the provided pages. Visible funding/resource possibilities include United Way, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Georgia Departments of Public Health and Community Health, Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Arthur Blank Foundation, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Georgia Health Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Council on Aging, Georgia Cares, and healthy food access funding possibilities.