Health & Wellness
Metcalfe Park is a clean and green, environmentally and emotionally healthy neighborhood.
• Increase opportunities for residents to live in safe, healthy and secure housing
• Increase a sense of personal and community well-being for residents
• Increase resident participation in environmentally-responsible practices
• Reduce residents’ exposure to environmental toxins in their water and environment
We have developed a housing initiative with the goals to increase opportunities for residents to live in safe, healthy and secure housing; increase homeownership opportunities for residents; decrease neighborhood blight and prevent resident displacement; and employ contractors from within the community. To support this, we are expanding existing relationships with housing counsel groups and local banking groups to increase the community’s knowledge of eviction laws, legal and mediation support, and other housing and financial resources.
As global temperature changes persist, people in poverty will be among the most impacted by the changes in conditions. We want our community members to get ahead of this by learning and implementing environmentally responsible practices, including participating in backyard gardening.
Many neighborhood residents risk exposure to lead, mold and mildew in their homes. Reducing environmental toxins is critical to overall health, and we are working to increase residents’ knowledge of the impact of lead exposure in paint, water, dirt and more, while connecting them to wellness activities to reduce this exposure.
By building neighborhood capacity in this area, we can put residents in control of their own health. We want to continue to connect community members with health and wellness activities, with a focus on efforts to assess community health concerns, and hold regular wellness, food and resource events.
For more details on our strategies, view our 2020 Community-Led Investment Plan.