Reading has been a WeTHRIVE!℠ community since 2014.
WeTHRIVE! Pathway(s):
WeTHRIVE! Representative:
Alex Gonzales, MPH
Population Health Specialist
Projects & Programs:
- Community Physical Activity Assessment (2023)
- Purchased AEDs
- Public recycling containers
- New pickleball courts in collaboration with city of Reading
- Pollinator gardens
- 1st Annual Reading Holiday Walk (2022) (see Summary)
- Holiday home decorating contest
- WeTHRIVE! in Reading website
- GrowingCommunity (gardening club)
- Walk With Purpose (Reading, Ohio Litter Project)
- New resident welcome packet
- Reading Farmer’s Market
- Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (USDA)
- Produce Perks
- SNAP
- Kids Club
- Put A Lid On It bike helmet giveaway program
- Safe Routes to School in partnership with Reading WeTHRIVE! School team
- OSU Extension Youth Cooking Classes in partnership with the Reading Library
- Adopt-A-Pot/Spot community beautification program
- Summer Park Passport program
- Fundraising for plaque honoring UNO game creator
- Dog waste stations
- Reading Little Free Pantry
Data:
Keep Up With Reading:
- Website: WeTHRIVEReading.org
- Facebook: @WeTHRIVEReading, @ReadingFarmerMarket, @ReadingOH
- Twitter: @WeThriveReading, @Reading_ohio
- Instagram: WeTHRIVEReading
Stories from Reading:
- 10 reasons why WeTHRIVE! in Reading’s newest event was successful
- Reading resident is a WeTHRIVE! Champion
- GrowingCommunity: WeTHRIVE! in Reading’s Garden Club
- Reading resident is a WeTHRIVE! champion
- Reading couple honored for community spirit
- Walking with purpose in Reading
- Farmer’s market flourishes in Reading
- Meet our 2020 community champions
- Reading Farmer’s Market has a friend in Farmer Steve
- Reading WeTHRIVE! team launches farmer’s market