Let’s Get Healthy – CHIP 2025

This discussion topic was requested by Council Member Ginny Welsch about potential Council involvement in the Community Health Improvement Plan, or CHIP, this year.

From CM Welsch: 

I have already mentioned this to some of you, but the Community Health Improvement Plan, or CHIP, was designed to improve the overall health and well-being of the citizens of Nashville on every level. The committee is having a hard time getting real traction toward its goal and feels like if council got involved on some level it would help move things forward.             

I would like to put together some sort of program that could draw people in. Hikes for Health was one idea, with different council members committing to lead a hike on a given day that community members could participate in. If 12 hikes were set up over a three or four month period, it would have an impact.       

I am open to any ideas people might have on how council could get involved. I’d love to launch something in mid-to-late May, and run it over the summer and into the fall.  It would be proof of concept, if nothing else. If hikes aren’t your thing, we could combine any number of activities to create a program. 

Please let me know your thoughts and if you would be willing to participate. Thanks!

Here is a link to the 2023-2025-Community-Health-Improvement-Plan.pdf 

Documents discussed in this topic can be found at this link: Let’s Get Healthy – CHIP 2025