Lincoln Heights first became involved with WeTHRIVE!℠ in 2009, when the initiative was funded by the Strategic Alliance for Health grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Village joined the expanded WeTHRIVE! movement when it relaunched in 2014.
WeTHRIVE! Focus Areas:
- Social and Community Context
- Transportation Safety
Projects & Programs:
- Community Clean Up Day
- Active transportation plan and demonstration projects
- Juneteenth celebration
- Shakespeare in the Park
- Habitat for Humanity new home construction
- Rock the Block Lincoln Heights (October 2019)
- Lincoln Heights Elementary Walk to School Day
- First tobacco-free municipality in Hamilton County
- Safe Routes to School infrastructure grant
- Lincoln Heights Recycles!
- Home ownership classes
WeTHRIVE! Representative:
Paige Russell
Population Health Specialist
Christopher L. Williams
Neighborhood Navigator
Data:
Keep Up With Lincoln Heights:
- Website: vlho.org
- Facebook: Lincoln Heights on Facebook
Stories About WeTHRIVE! in Lincoln Heights:
- Active transportation in action: Bringing safer streets to life
- Meet the WeTHRIVE! neighborhood navigators!
- Active transportation: A roadmap to safer, healthier, more connected communities
- Lincoln Heights group honored by WeTHRIVE! for engaging families
- Rock the Block more than just clean-up day for Lincoln Heights
- Planting a seed in Lincoln Heights
- Together, we can do so much more
- Ten years of WeTHRIVE! with Tonya Key
- Lincoln Heights increases recycling by 453%