Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, University of Missouri Extension

 

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Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

 

Boone County Healthy Lifestyle Initiative
 

Click Here for Boone County Survey Results

 

MU Extension Project Coordinators:

Joy Amuedo amuedoj@missouri.edu

Vera Massey masseyv@missouri.edu

 

Bernadette Dryden  Slow Food Katy Trail
Sallee Purcell  Slow Food Katy Trail
Betty Gayle Smith  Heart of MO Master Gardeners
Jim Wilson  Heart of MO Master Gardeners
Kurt Romeiser  Heart of MO Master Gardeners
Evette Nissen  Heart of MO Master Gardeners
Caroline Todd  Columbia Farmers’ Market
Casey Corbin  Sustainable Farms & Communities, Market Pavilion
Dan Kuebler  Sustainable Farms &Communities 
Barb Walker  Fun City Youth Academy
Eduardo Crespi  Central Latino
Genalee Alexander  Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services
Maureen Coy  Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services                
Sharon Lee  Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services
Stacia Reilly  Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services
Jeff Baker  Office of Creative Ministries, Society of St. Andrew
Adam Saunders  Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture
Richard Schulte  MU student and Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture Intern
Jennifer Keller-Jensen  Peace Corps Fellow
Nate Jensen  Peace Corps Fellow
Karen Dwyer  Community Garden Coalition
Lea Langdon  AmeriCorps, Community Garden Coalition
Kip Kendrick  Benton-Stephens Community Garden
Laina Fullum  Columbia Public Schools    
John Reid  Douglass School
Lesli Moylan  Southern Boone County School Learning Garden
Myke Gemkow  Columbia Community Montessori and Young Skillet
Les Wagner  Boone County Family Resources
Mark Satterwhite  Boone County Family Resources 
Mary Stillwell  1st Ward neighbor, Urban Hen Initiative
Ron Ribiat  1st Ward Neighbor
Phil Stroessner  Refugee Services
Nancy Grant  Manitou Bluffs Regional Cuisines
Vera Massey  MU Extension
Bill McKelvey  MU Extension
Joy Amuedo  MU Extension
Jim Ronald  MU Extension
Larry Dickerson  MU Extension

 

Update on Objective Progress:  May - July 2009

 

Boone County Objectives: FY-09

 

Community Interaction Summary: 2009

 

Information:

 

Community Description:

Location: Boone County is equidistant from St. Louis and Kansas City, in a region known as "Mid-Missouri".   In 2007 the population was 152,435. Its county seat, Columbia, is the fourth largest city in Missouri.  Other significant cities within the county include: Ashland, Sturgeon, Centralia, Harrisburg, Rocheport and Hallsville.

 

Economy: The economy of Boone County is historically dominated by Education, Healthcare and the Insurance industry in the Columbia area. Jobs in Government are also common, either in Columbia or a half-hour away in Jefferson City.  The Columbia Regional Airport and the Missouri River Port of Rocheport connect the region with trade and transportation.

 

Demographics: There were 53,094 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.50% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder, and 40.90% were non-families.   In the county the population was spread out with 22.80% under the age of 18, 19.90% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 18.80% from 45 to 64, and 8.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years.

 

Community: Boone County has been active in promoting the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to its’ diverse community.  Columbia has been blessed with, a $22 million federal grant to build the proper infrastructure to support walking and biking as a means of transportation, organizations like PedNET, and a champion in Mayor Darwin Hindman.  Our hope is to replicate and spread the successes in Columbia to other Boone County Communities, create initiatives to coincide with current ongoing projects, and promote the existing resources of Extension.