Crowd at pub­lic kick­off party on Octo­ber 12th

Watch the Our One Mile video at http://www.vimeo.com/15220330.

With Our One Mile, Jef­fer­son County has an unpar­alled oppor­tu­nity to trans­form our com­mu­nity. The Green­way Mas­ter Plan will con­nect new green spaces with exist­ing parks and neigh­bor­hoods to make our region a bet­ter place to live for future generations.

Over the past decade, Birm­ing­ham has made remark­able strides in devel­op­ing new green spaces. We now have a chance to con­nect our exist­ing parks into a great net­work of green­ways. Our One Mile will cre­ate a net­work of green­ways that will make our com­mu­ni­ties health­ier, safer and more con­nected. Obe­sity is a national epi­demic, and Alabama has the sec­ond high­est rate in the country.

Each mile of green­way cre­ates an envi­ron­ment where healthy choices become easy choices.

Each mile of green­way in Jef­fer­son County will be as unique as the neigh­bor­hoods who cre­ate them, con­nect­ing our com­mu­ni­ties to the places we want to be.

Where is your one mile, and what could it con­nect you to?

Our One Mile will cre­ate pos­i­tive impacts for the phys­i­cal, eco­nomic, envi­ron­men­tal, and social well-being of the Birm­ing­ham Region, one mile at a time. Together, we can cre­ate a health­ier, more con­nected com­mu­nity for every­one. Our One Mile is an ini­tia­tive of the Health Action Part­ner­ship, funded by the Depart­ment of Health and Human Services. The Health Action Part­ner­ship is a coali­tion of more than 100 non­profit orga­ni­za­tions work­ing along­side the Jef­fer­son County Depart­ment of Health to encour­age phys­i­cal activ­ity, reduce obe­sity, expand food access, advance smoke-free poli­cies, reduce tobacco use and improve the over­all health of Jef­fer­son County res­i­dents. For more infor­ma­tion, click here.

Name Our Green­way System

Click here to sub­mit your entry for the Name Our Green­way Sys­tem contest!

Our One Mile Tues­days with Good Day Alabama

On the first Tues­day of every month begin­ning in March, Fox 6’s Good Day Alabama and Jeh Jeh Pruitt will visit a town in Jef­fer­son County to walk their “one mile.”

Come out and join us for an early morn­ing walk in your town on the first Tues­day of every month! Check back here for more details.

For more infor­ma­tion on walk­ing and exer­cise, please visit the Cham­pi­ons for Health web­site.

Give Your Feed­back Now!

If you were unable to attend a com­mu­nity stake­holder meet­ing last fall, you can still participate! Give your feed­back on where you want to see trails, green­ways, and side­walks at our  Vir­tual Stake­holder Meet­ing! First, before you can mark your mile or add any com­ments, you must login to Com­mu­ni­ty­Walk here. Use the user­name and pass­word below:
User­name: oom
Pass­word: ouronemile