What is WOW-E?
WOW-E team members provide local capacity building programs and evidence-based technical assistance.
Community leaders, organizations, and practitioners work together to assess, plan, and implement relevant and feasible Policy, System, and Environment efforts with local stakeholders.
Made possible in part with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Our goal is to support communities ready to
- Enhance healthier food access and sales
- Establish nutrition, physical activity, and planning policies in community places
- Improve regional and local systems to increase access to healthier foods and places for physical activity
- Develop plans to establish new or improved active transportation (walking, biking)
Policy
Set of guidelines to support environment and behavioral changes
Systems
Clearly defined interaction between partners to further interrelated community change
Environment
Physical changes to the community environment
Recent Blog Posts
Our website is in the process of being updated
The Working on Wellness Environments (WOW-E) website and Urban and Municipal Parks website have been…
Apply to participate in WOW-E’s Engaging Youth in Designing Healthier Communities Summit
Learn best practices in engaging with youth in community assessments, design, and change! All participants…
Four Keys to a Successful StoryWalk™
Originally posted July 23, 2025 By: Anna Stehling A StoryWalk™ is a fun and creative…
Active People, Healthy NationSM
is a national initiative to help 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027. Click here to learn more about this initiative.
