Healthy Savannah presents findings from annual community 'check-up'
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — Healthy Savannah released the results of its annual community health survey which included responses from over 230 people.
According to the Healthy Savannah 2021 report, residents purchased more healthy food items over the past three years.
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Armand Turner serves as the physical activity program manager at Healthy Savannah. He said the team is looking into home-delivery options for nutritious food and SNAP participants based in response to the community interest from the survey. Residents also expressed a strong desire for infrastructure that allows for safer foot traffic.
“It’s so important to carry the voices of the community," Turner said. "What the community is telling us is we want to see more sidewalks [and] we want our kids to be able to walk to school safely without us having to worry about it. So, if we’re able to produce that data, I think it reinforces a lot of the other stats and knowledge that’s already out there.”
Turner said that Healthy Savannah can use these survey results to advocate on behalf of the respondents and push for funding to support community improvement projects.
