Mass in Motion Municipal Wellness and Leadership Program

Learn about the Mass in Motion community program

Mass in Motion is a statewide movement to prevent obesity in Massachusetts by increasing opportunities for healthy eating and active living in the places we live, learn, work, and play. Mass in Motion’s Municipal Wellness and Leadership Program is made up of 27 programs representing 60 cities and towns from around the Commonwealth that are working to make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Mass in Motion communities work locally to make healthier choices easier for everyone by:

• Increasing access to local fresh foods through farmers markets and community gardens, and working with food retailers to offer healthy, affordable food and drink options
• Building and expanding open spaces, safer parks, playgrounds and other places to be active
• Creating safe neighborhoods with new sidewalks, bike lanes, walkable paths that make roads safe for all users

Community strategies

• Active Design Standards
• Active Transportation Planning
• Age-Friendly Communities
• Community (Joint) Use Agreements
• Complete Streets
• Corner Stores
• Food Zoning
• Healthy Incentives Program (HIP)
• Municipal Food Planning
• Park and Open Space Planning
• Placemaking
• Safe Routes to School

Select a community

Search for the program in a community near you:

A-G	H-N	O-Z
Adams	Hawley	Orange
Amherst	Heath	Palmer
Ashfield	Holyoke	Pittsfield
Belchertown	Hudson	Revere
Bernardston	Lawrence	Rockport
Buckland	Lee	Rowe
Cambridge	Lenox	Roxbury
Charlemont	Leverett	Salem
Chelsea	Leyden	Shelburne
Clarksburg	Lowell	Shutesbury
Colrain	Malden	Springfield
Conway	Manchester-by-the-Sea	Stockbridge
Deerfield	Malborough	Sunderland
Dorchester	Medford	Taunton
Erving	Melrose	Wakefield
Essex	Monroe	Warwick
Everett	Montague	Wendell
Fall River	New Bedford	West Springfield
Fitchburg	New Salem	Weymouth
Framingham	North Adams	Whately
Gill	Northampton	Williamsburg
Gloucester	Northborough	Worcester
Great Barrington	Northfield
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