Providing a community with the tools to achieve a fit and healthy lifestyle takes knowledge of what the people who live in that community want and need. In part three of our Fit Community series, Heather Burgiss takes us to Carrboro, North Carolina, where you will find people who want to be able to walk to their downtown, to get to know their neighbors and to have an authentic lifestyle rich in healthy foods and fitness.
If you visit downtown Carrboro it’s easy to see why the town is a Fit Community in North Carolina. Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton points to the town’s young and active population where people like to get outside and bike, walk, or jog.
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Demographics:
Carrboro is located in Orange County, North Carolina
Population:
16,782
(2000 Census)
Median Income:
$33,527
19.0%
of population is below the poverty line
Located near Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina, Carrboro has a reputation as one of the most liberal communities in the Southern United States.
Q & A:
Mark Chilton
Patrick McIntyre
Margaret Samuels
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Watch Individual Interview Questions:
Why are you focusing on community gardens for Carboro's Growing Healthy Kids?
How does the Growing Healthy Kids Program, funded by a Fit community grant, benefit Carrboro?
Wy is carrboro considered a model of an active living Fit Community?
