Healthy Utah Community

Get Healthy Utah is excited to partner with the Utah League of Cities and Towns to support Healthy Utah Community, a new designation program for cities and towns. This designation recognizes communities across Utah that do an exemplary job of implementing evidence-based strategies to improve community health.

Providence

Providence

  • Population: 8,560
  • Designation Year: Spring 2023
  • As a rapidly growing city, Providence is doing much to provide its residents with opportunities to be healthy. The city adopted an ordinance requiring all new subdivisions to connect sidewalks and provide adequate outdoor lighting. Providence also created a community survey to ask residents what initiatives they would most like to be implemented in the community to improve quality of life. The survey was spearheaded by the Providence Healthy City coalition, which was created in 2022 to promote community wellbeing. To support city employees, Providence created a wellness policy for staff and added healthy snacks to their break rooms.

  • Access to Healthy Food:
    • A written requirement addressing healthy food and beverage choices in city/town-owned/managed facilities
  • Active Living:
    • An ordinance that requires new subdivisions to provide sidewalks and lights
  • Mental Health:
    • Medication disposal services, locations, or programs