Rancho Cucamonga’s Strategic Plan for a Healthy Community

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In 2008, Rancho Cucamonga a small community in California with a largely Latino population, established Healthy RC, a city-community partnership aimed at creating a healthy environment for all.

With the support of a Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Healthy RC was able to work more specifically on the issue of preventing childhood obesity, by creating opportunities for healthy eating and active living.

Some of the community’s key accomplishments from 2008-2014 include:

• establishing one of the nation’s top ten Complete Streets policies;
• winning national recognition for sustainable community development; and
• being named as a #1 city in the Let’s Move campaign.

Now six-years after creating Healthy RC, the community continues to thrive and work towards improving the health of its citizens.

On October 10, 2013, over 200 residents attended a community forum to discuss what health issues are more important to them.

By opening up the opportunity for Latinos to participate in civic affairs, Rancho Cucamonga is well on its way to creating a healthy future for Latino families and their children.

Read more about this city-community partnership here.

See Healthy RC’s Strategic Plan for more about community engagement and creating a culture of health.