By adding fluoride to the public water supply, municipalities can play a preventive role against tooth decay of their residents. For more information about how to fluoridate water sources and the benefits of fluoridation, visit the Massachusetts Office of URL: … Continued
Massachusetts’ Greening the Gateway Cities Tree Planting Program works to expand the tree canopy of several Gateway Cities. Tree planting efforts like these bring many benefits to the community. It can improve air quality, reduce noise pollution, and redu URL: … Continued
Offering healthy food in convenience stores is important as it often provides the only retail food options in food deserts and low-income neighborhoods. While corner stores traditionally sell non-perishable, unhealthy items, many successful efforts have w URL: Visit resource Date … Continued
Municipalities can help communities identify public or private non-profit land that can be used for local-level food production. This can help reduce food miles traveled and increase access to fresh foods locally. Community organizations and institutions URL: Visit resource Date … Continued
Municipalities can use zoning or land use law to restrict where tobacco retailers can be located. Tobacco retailers, for instance, can be restricted from being near schools or other places where young people congregate. Additionally, municipalities could URL: Visit resource … Continued
Fast food is generally considered to be mass-produced, inexpensive food that is prepared and served quickly to consumers, often through drive-thru service, that tends to be high in fat and low in nutritional value. Zoning or land use ordinances can … Continued
To reduce influence of storefront tobacco advertising, municipalities should consider creating ordinances that restrict tobacco advertising. These restrictions generally take on three forms: (1) Content-neutral restrictions, (2) time, place, or manner of URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 12/20/2023
States and municipalities can play a role in regulating alcohol advertising. Some of these regulations can include prohibiting alcohol advertising targeted at minors or on college campuses or restricting storefront advertisements on alcohol retailer windo URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: … Continued
Farmers markets are known to bring fresh produce underserved areas, however, they often are seen as an unsteady source of fresh food because of their transient nature. By integrating farmers markets into zoning code, municipalities can help support perman URL: … Continued
In order to expand the availability of dental services, communities can rely on allied dental professionals. By expanding the scope of work for dental assistants, community dental coordinators, dental hygienists, and dental therapists, these professionals URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: … Continued
