Tag Archive: Itasca County

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What are the impacts?

October 11, 2018 Comments Off on What are the impacts?

Healthy Northland works to make the healthy choice, the easy choice. How do we know if what we are doing works? All the work we do has evidence behind it - we only use strategies that have been proven to work. In 2018, we wanted to dig a little deeper to show the impact these strategies are having locally. In... Continue Reading

Bike share pedals into Grand Rapids

June 19, 2018 Comments Off on Bike share pedals into Grand Rapids

Getting to your destination by bike is easier than ever in Grand Rapids, Minn., thanks to a new community bike share. Just check out a bike at one of four locations around the city and take it to your next destination – free of charge. The program debuted in the fall of 2017, and the bikes traveled 240 miles in... Continue Reading

Itasca County kids get bike savvy

January 11, 2016 Comments Off on Itasca County kids get bike savvy

Don’t be surprised if you see school yards and parking lots in Itasca County full of kids on bikes during the school day next spring. These students won’t be playing hooky - they will be building confidence and skills on bikes during the school day thanks to a new bike fleet and bike-savvy teachers. Making it easier for kids to be... Continue Reading