WALK VIRGINIA, MN

Background

During the summer of 2018, the City of Virginia, Minnesota, developed a steering committee of staff and community members to develop walking and bicycling routes throughout the Virginia community. These routes were to be designed on existing trails, sidewalks, and streets to connect residents with popular destinations in town. The end goal was to create maps and guidance for installation of community signage to identify where the walking and biking routes are located. Although installation of signage was recommended in the process, encouragement of physical activity was the aim of the project. An additional component of this project was meant to identify routes throughout the community for recreational 5K race events.

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The City of Virginia applied and was awarded assistance to pursue this project from the Healthy Northland Active Communities Assistance Program, which is made possible by Healthy Northland and provides planning assistance from the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission. The project is funded in part by the Minnesota Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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