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Fit Community designations and grants reward North Carolina communities for creating and implementing a sustainable action plan to avoid or remedy preventable chronic health problems in their area.

A Fit Community award is a public acknowledgement of a town’s livability and commitment to improving the quality of life for its residents. The designation can help boost economic development, promote tourism, serve as a recruitment tool for the Chamber of Commerce and more. It can also strengthen a municipality’s or county’s eligibility for other grants and federal programs.

Municipalities and/or counties designated as Fit Communities receive:
  • Highway signage for the entrance to their community
  • A Fit Community plaque to be hung in the mayor’s or county commissioner’s office
  • Recognition on this Web site and in media statewide
  • Use of the Fit Community designation logo at the recipient’s discretion
  • Brochures to distribute to community’s residents
By providing a grant-funding component, the Fit Community program aims to increase the number of communities that are able to attain this honorable distinction in the future.

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