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Click on the headlines below to see the entire text of recent press releases from KC Healthy Kids and the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition.

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1.30.2012 JFK Recreation Center Providing Opportunites For Douglass-Sumner Residents A grand re-opening of the John F. Kennedy Recreation Center in the Douglass-Sumner area of Kansas City, Kan. is providing youth in the area to live more active, healthy lives.
1.30.2012 KC Healhy Kids Receives LISC Grant For Neighborhood Initiative Grant to assist in funding KC Healthy Kids' Douglass-Sumner Healthy Environment Initiative
1.23.2012 Belton Joins Complete Streets Movement A desire to make its streets more accessible, promoting safety and a healthy lifestyle, led Belton, Mo. to become to 10th local government in the Kansas City metro area to pass a Complete Streets Policy in January.
1.17.2012 Area Districts Boosts Nutrition In Menu Plans Schools lunchrooms making changes to provide healthier eating choices.
12.21.2011 Grown In Ivanhoe Earns MARC Honor A local Kansas City community’s effort to address its food desert issues has earned recognition in the form of a Sustainable Success Honor from the Mid-America Regional Council.
12.21.2011 Eat Local For The Holidays Promotion With the holiday season approaching, opportunities abound for celebrating with healthy, locally-grown food, supporting your health and your community.
3.2.2011 Survey hopes to discover how food access in the region can be improved The Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition, with the support of the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), is encouraging residents across the region to complete a survey designed to assess their access to healthy food, as well as their attitudes about food and eating.
2.4.2011 Mayoral Forum on Healthy Eating and Active Living Mayoral Candidates Participate in Forum about Healthy Eating and Active Living in KCMO. Discussion will focus on food system and community design issues.
9.2.2010 Food Policy Coalition Steering Committee Appointed The Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition announced today the appointment of a Steering Committee to guide the organization's efforts to improve the regional food system.
6.10.2010 Updates to KCMO urban agriculture codes passed Local groups pleased after Kansas City Council members approve ordinance updating city's zoning and development codes to reflect the changing needs of the community.
4.8.2010 Updates to KCMO urban agriculture codes supported Kansas City Council members introduce ordinance to update city's zoning and development codes, enabling urban & Community Supported Agriculture programs to function more effectively.
1.29.2010 Food Policy Coalition Names First Director Beth Low has been named the first director of the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition and will begin her position with the GKCPC immediately.
1.12.2010 Kansas City Selected for National Program Kansas City, one of 41 sites chosen, receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to fight childhood obesity by improving opportunities for physical activity and access to healthy foods.

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