The Utah Health Department’s “Healthy Places Index” (https://map.utah.healthyplacesindex.org/) says that Ivins is healthier than 67.8% of Utah cities. We score even better on transportation (we’ll see how that holds up in the future) and a clean environment.
We score miserably on neighborhood conditions because the index prioritizes “tree canopy” which makes sense up north, but not so much in a desert.
We should pay attention to everything that contributes to making Ivins a healthy community. Doing that will help us make decisions to protect and improve the quality of life in our community.
We need more information to do that effectively. So please participate in Utah State University’s “Wellbeing Project” online survey. The survey ends Tuesday April 30th so please do it today at https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cSiv15Vn1CIBcvc
You can learn more at www.usu.edu/utah-wellbeing-project or contact Dr. Courtney Flint at courtney.flint@usu.edu for more information.
Please share your comments on this topic and tell me about other Ivins issues I have not addressed in recent posts. Email me at Mike@MikeScott4Ivins.com.