Coosa County ALABAMA Market Day Downtown Rockford Flagg Mountain Trail Partners: Alabama Department of Public Health • Alabama Extension: Human Nutrition, Diet and Health, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education • Alabama Power • Alabama Resource Development and Conservation • Central Alabama Electric Cooperative • Central Elementary School • City of Goodwater • City of Rockford • Community Life Center of Coosa County • Coosa County Commission • Coosa County Department of Human Resources • Coosa County Master Gardeners • Equality United Methodist Church • Goodwater Boys and Girls Club • Goodwater Public Library • Goodwater Senior Center • New Home Missionary Baptist Church • Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church • Retired Senior Volunteer Program • Rockford Senior Center • Weogufka Center • West Coosa Senior Center Youth Initiatives • Partnering with Goodwater Boys & Girls Club to promote healthier snack choices and increase physical activity for 50 youth by providing cooling units and sports and fitness equipment • Partnering with Extension’s SNAP-Ed educator to teach healthy eating to youth • Implementing Body Quest, an innovative childhood obesity prevention initiative of Extension’s SNAP-Ed that empowered 81 third-graders and 75 of their parents to make healthier choices Trails and Parks • Partnering to develop a multi-use trail and enhance existing trails for residents throughout the county • Enhancing Rockford City Park with equipment to support community and family engagement and physical activity Healthy Retail • Adopting the Good Choice initiative, a partnership with the Alabama Department of Public Health and Extension’s SNAP-Ed, to promote healthier items in two convenience stores • Providing two convenience stores with signs and point-of-purchase displays to increase appeal of healthy foods Billboard • Displaying two messages promoting healthy eating and one promoting physical activity during a 12-week Extension SNAP-Ed billboard campaign, making 543,468 impressions on Coosa County residents Farmers Market • Establishing the Rockford farmers market with 27 vendors serving approximately 75 customers per market • Launching the Goodwater farmers market in June 2017 • Partnering with Extension’s SNAP-Ed educator to provide food demonstrations and tastings of seasonal recipes Community Education • Implementing the Right Bite Healthy Diabetes Cooking School Diabetes Empowerment Education Program with 25 individuals Faith Communities • Providing strength training equipment to expand physical activity opportunities for members and the surrounding community • Implementing Live Well Faith Communities with 20 faith community members for the nine-lesson program • Partnering to provide monthly food assistance to 786 families through food banks by increasing capacity for food storage and expanding food variety • Partnering with Extension’s SNAP-Ed educator to teach families how to utilize available foods Quick Stop Coosa Trail Magnolia Trail Pinhoti Trail ARCHIVE