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Participants
from the first walkability forum
prioritized a need in Island
County for trail signage and
improved marketing and advertising
of recreation options.
Following the forum, EHAT partnered
with the Island County Parks and Recreation
Department, Deception Pass State Park,
Fort Ebey State Park, South Whidbey
Community Parks and Recreation, Island
County Public Works, Island County
Trails Council, Friends of Camano
Island Parks, and the City of Oak
Harbor, as well as other interested
parties, to create new infrastructure
and repair existing infrastructure
for parks in each of Island County's
four districts (Camano Island - Four
Springs Lake Preserve; North Whidbey
- Dugualla State Park; Central Whidbey
- Kettles Trail and Property; South
Whidbey - South Whidbey Community
Park).
Additionally, the established
working group helped to promote greater
use of the parks by developing and
distributing a pocket guide to
promote the health benefits of walking
and newly signed trails in Island
County.
EHAT
used the Z-Card®
pocket
guide to promote the newly signed
trails and to make them more user-friendly
among certain target populations,
namely people who receive little to
no exercise, people who have or are
at risk for certain chronic diseases,
such as diabetes and heart disease,
working families with children at
home, and people with limited resources.
Each
pocket guide contains health promotion
messages along with detailed trail
maps.
EHAT
and their partners created a consistent
sign standard for the trails, consisting
of trail name, color coding to match
the trail name, and directional arrow.
EHAT evaluated the effectiveness
of its project with pre- and post-usage
surveys tied to distribution of the
pocket
guides at various organizations.
EHAT
and their partners installed the trail
signs and continue
to distribute their pocket guides
at Whidbey General Hospital and South
Whidbey Community Park. For
more information on the trail signing
and mapping project, please refer
to the following:
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Kick-off
Presentation
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Agenda
(Jan, Mar, Apr)
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Minutes
(Jan,
Mar,
Apr)
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Site
Visits
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Sign
Designs (Dugualla, Four Springs,
Kettles,
South
Whidbey
Community
Park,
Rhododendron)
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Map
Designs (Dugualla, Four Springs,
Kettles,
South
Whidbey
Community
Park,
Rhododendron)
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Design
Schedule
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Pocket
guides (Maps:
Dugualla,
Four
Springs, Kettles,
South
Whidbey Community Park; Health
Information; Covers: Front,
Back)
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Where
to Be Active in Island County - 25
Family Friendly Parks and Beaches
(This handout was adapted from
Figure 5-2 of the 2006 Non-motorized
Trail Plan. Click here
for access to the complete map.)
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