Investing in Healthy Communities: Ideas to Action for Healthy People, Places, and Planet - A Conference Summary

Kuehl, Steven; Longworth, Susan; Richter, Lisa; Riggenbach, Jennifer

Journal Article

Investing in Healthy Communities: Ideas to Action for Healthy People, Places, and Planet - A Conference Summary

Abstract: The Wisconsin Rapids event was the third in a Wisconsin series and built on earlier events in Milwaukee (December 2014)2 and Platteville (July 2015)3. Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and local leaders, the earlier conferences highlighted the connections between health, community development, and economic development in urban and rural communities, as well as the opportunities for these fields to improve outcomes by working together. This third conference focused on the role of investing to build healthy communities, including how financial investments by banks and socially motivated \\"impact investors\\" can help to foster equitable access to health and human development, while contributing to regional prosperity and preserving natural resources.

Keywords: workforce; community development; employment; Community health;