1. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________ EPA Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Award The Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging award is sponsored by the U.S. EPA in partnership with the President’s Council for Fitness and Sports, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Council on Aging, the National Blueprint and Active for Life. The awards are supported by federal, state and local agencies as well as non-governmental organizations. The awards recognize excellence and raise awareness about healthy synergies that can be achieved when communities combine and implement the principles of smart growth with the concepts of active aging. Each year, the agency presents an Achievement Award and a Commitment Award.

2. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________ EPA Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Award The Commitment Award recognizes communities that are planning for and beginning to integrate smart growth and active aging. The Achievement Award is the top honor, and is granted to a community that has integrated smart growth principles with the concepts of active aging. At a special presentation at the 9 th Annual “New Partners for Smart Growth Conference” in Seattle, the EPA recently announced the 2009 winners of these two awards.

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4. EPA Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Award The Town of Cary, North Carolina received the Achievement Award - Public Entity for its programs that include preservation of … open space, creation of extensive walking and biking paths, … planning for pedestrian friendly mixed-use developments, and implementation of fitness and wellness programs designed by and for older adults.

5. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________ EPA Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Award John Frece, Director, Development, Community & Environment Division (DCED), at EPA presents award to Jeff Ulma, Planning Director

6. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________ EPA Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Award Jody Jameson, Cary Senior Center Supervisor – PRCR Department Juliet Andes, AICP, Principal Planner – Planning Department