Community Gardens Webinar Resources: On July 10, 2014, Vitalyst Health Foundation and The Arizona League of Cities and Towns partnered to present “So What About all These Community Gardens, a 90-minute webinar showcasing efforts in Payson, Flagstaff and Phoenix and addressing a combination of practical, operational and policy issues. Webinar materials So What Is A Community Garden? An Introduction (PPT) TED… Continue reading →

Workbook: Arizona Sustainable Community Garden Resource Guide: Creating a community garden takes planning, organization, and most of all, teamwork. This resource guide provides tools and information about building and growing your community garden.

2022 Vitalyst Grant Partners: SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS: Changing systems to improve community health across the state Vitalyst Health Foundation awarded nearly $700,000 in Systems Change Grants to four Arizona projects. 2022 Systems Change Grants were awarded to the following Arizona projects: Border Youth Tennis Exchange (BYTE) was awarded $175,000 and will lead and pilot an online, unfacilitated instructor training… Continue reading →

Vitalyst Health Foundation and Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities Announce Fourth Live Well Arizona Incubator Cohort: As a part of their mission to create geographically-based healthy collaborations across Arizona communities, Vitalyst Health Foundation and the Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities have selected five new projects to form the 2022 Live Well Arizona Incubator cohort. The Incubator’s primary purpose is to catalyze place-based, cross-sector efforts that tackle opportunities to improve community well-being… Continue reading →

Case in Point: Cultivate South Phoenix: Concerned residents have been at the heart of Cultivate South Phoenix (CUSP) since 2012. For four years stakeholders have rallied themselves, tapped into resources, and innovated time and again – thanks to a combination of determination, hard work and Vitalyst’s capacity building technical assistance. Now a coalition of nonprofits and residents, CUSP is fearlessly bringing… Continue reading →

20 Years: Healthy Community Design: Health is created where we live, work, learn and play. As much as our natural environment is critical, our built environment plays a large role in health and well-being. Our journey – pursuing our mission, building connections throughout Arizona, and making the most of our investment opportunities – brought us to the importance of infrastructure and community design… Continue reading →

The Road Well-Traveled: Four local corner stores, a statewide insurance coverage coalition, a neighborhood collaboration and a municipal planning effort along the light rail line all have at least three things in common. They are among the latest in a two-decade line of efforts that exemplify what we believe it takes to improve health and well-being. They demonstrate… Continue reading →

2018 Innovation and Medical Assistance Grants: Innovation Grants Vitalyst Health Foundation has partnered with the Arizona Community Foundation, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and The NARBHA Institute to award Innovation Grants totaling $500,000 to four Arizona nonprofits. These grants will fund projects that have a direct impact on building healthy communities around the state. 2018 Innovation Grants were awarded to… Continue reading →

Healthy Community Design: Making Healthy Places a Priority FY2017 was another key year of investment in healthy community design. In our view, the challenge of scaling this work is two-pronged. While the paradigm-shifting efforts of the Year of Healthy Communities are designed to change hearts and minds, our strategic investments in healthy community design are focused on providing… Continue reading →

Urban Farming Takes Root in Arizona: Download the Workbook: Farmer’s markets, community gardens, composting, container farms and home-grown food are just a handful of the ways that urban farming is making a resurgence in Arizona and around the country. Like the food being produced as a result, the list of urban agriculture innovations seems to grow daily. Catch up on all of the latest… Continue reading →