A healthy community is one that includes those elements that enable people to maintain a high quality of life and productivity. (Healthy People 2010)  All aspects of health are combined to create a continuum, a full circle, a system of health.  This system includes emphasis on wellness as well as on prevention strategies, acute, chronic, and palliative or end-of-life care. 

When a community decides to sustain themselves as a “healthy” community, all components are assessed and criteria is developed to enable the community to truly become one that is “healthy.”

Besides it being the right thing to do for your citizens, it helps in boosting the economy for the area.   A general feeling of well-being exists and leads to increase productivity, creativity, and contentedness.   Community members engage themselves in worthwhile causes. 

This website brings together information that will help community leaders in their quest to become or sustain themselves as a healthy community.