1. Cultivating a Community Culture of Health Mayor Chip Johnson – City of Hernando

2. A little About Hernando…

3. Policy + Grants + Volunteers + Corporate Donations= New Park Lee’s Summit Park Developer Wal-Mart Home Depot United Way Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks grant

4. Renasant Park Making Lemonade out of Lemons… Win–Win for the Bank and the City A great model for other communities that have foreclosed properties

5. Kill two (or three) birds with one stone… Historic District Walking Tour educates about city’s historic past while introducing a new walking route – tour brochures paid for with a Certified Local Government Grant. Grant + Volunteers = Exercise Opportunity

6. Partnerships + Grant = Bicycle Friendly City Farmers Market Ride Bike to Work Day Fed Ex Rock ‘n Roll MS 150 Bike Lane Striping Miracles in Motion Ride of Silence

7. Tell Your Story – it is free! ABC Everyday Health program Money Magazine top 100 Best Places to Live Featured in CNN Great American Small Town Series Selected first ever Healthiest Hometown by BCBS of MS Foundation in 2010 Preserve America City Tree City USA Playful City USA (Kaboom) Bike Friendly City (honorable mention) Award-winning Farmers Market

8. Civic Club Project + Existing Park= Amphitheatre !

9. Gold Award Girl Scout Project = Sidewalk Inventory

10. State Policy (part of DUI fine buys bicycle helmets in MS) + Local Policy (Mandatory helmet use for youth) + Safety Signage (free from DOT) + Bike Lane Striping (grant) = Safer Cyclists = More Cyclists

11. Local Policy Requiring Sidewalks (free) + City Budget for Sidewalk Repair/installation = connected sidewalks

12. Partnership + Grant + Volunteers + Business Community Donations = Community Garden Partnership with CFNM Grant to get started Volunteers from the community (Mayor’s neighbor!) MSU Extension Service (advice, and tilling this year) Master Gardeners (advice) Donation of seeds/plants

13. Culture of Health + Insurance Company Program + Donated Gym Equipment = Lower Insurance Premiums for City

14. From No Parks and Recreation Program to “Playful City USA” (four years in a row) in six years

15. Support grant from state development agency for “health tourism” Hernando Water Tower 10K

16. Safe Routes to School Grant = no hazard busing for neighborhood

17. “Healthiest Hometown” Award + Grant + Donation =Resurfaced Walking Track

18. Policy + Comprehensive Planning + Grant = Linear Park

19. Avid tennis players + MTA grant = newly resurfaced tennis courts Two city tennis courts were resurfaced with help from the Mississippi Tennis Association via local members for a cost savings of almost $10,000.

20. Just Do It