Provo
- Population: 113,500
- Designation Year: Fall 2021, Fall 2024
Provo is dedicated to safeguarding the mental wellbeing of its residents. Provo promotes the SafeUT app in schools, provides medication disposal services, and the Provo Police has a grant-funded Victim Services Division. Provo is also committed to its citizens’ fitness and nutritional needs. The city has an abundance of trails and parks, with plans to build outdoor fitness stations to increase free exercise opportunities. Urban walking and running courses are connected throughout the city and Provo’s community sports programs for both kids and adults are thriving, with high levels of participation. To ensure that all have the opportunity to play, scholarships are available for underprivileged youth.
2024 Redesignation
To be redesignated, Provo City implemented new health strategies to support community wellness. The city hosted a free health and wellness fair at its local recreation center that featured over 50 booths advertising local resources. To improve healthy eating, the city donates water to its three community gardens and hosted its first-ever Children’s Entrepreneurial Market. To promote good mental health, Provo advocated for increased use of the SafeUT app in its schools and created a new Victim Services division which provides services to community members at-risk or in-need, including those who may be experiencing mental illness.
- Collaboration:
- A relationship with the local health department
- A moderate income housing plan
- Health-related objectives in the general plan
- Collaboration with other health-promoting organizations
- Access to Healthy Food:
- A farmers market that accepts SNAP benefits
- A community garden
- Active Living:
- Free and/or low-cost community sports/fitness programs for adults and children
- Connected walking and biking trails
- An active transportation plan
- An ordinance that requires new subdivisions to provide sidewalks and lights
- Provided guidance on joint-use agreements for facilities in their community that can be used for physical activity
- Wayfinding signage that promotes active transportation
- Adopted a Bicycle Master Plan
- Mental Health:
- Promoted the use of the SafeUT app in schools and other community centers
- Medication disposal services, locations, or programs
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