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  Five New Farmers markets will open in Food Desert areas

• New Sheltered Bike racks installed in City CTA transit Stations.., 

• New HIV Planning Council convened the first meeting..,

Other Updates available in the PDF version:

• 2012 Community Spirit Award honorees..,

• Public Health Emergency Preparedness Training for individuals, community organizaitons, and hospitals..,  

• Commissioner's Testimony for the Chicago Committee on Health and Environmental Protection's hearing on the effects of sugary beverages and their relationship to obesity..,

Other Updates available in the PDF version: 

• City Council passed an ordinance that includes several measures to deter the use of tobacco..,

• New ordinance allows pushcart vendors to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, and other items in locations throughout Chicago..,

• Illinois may soon be one of the 1st states to require hospitals to a adopt breast feeding promotion policy..,

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• $150,000 available to support PlayStreets, an initiative funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to increase spaces to enjoy outdoor activities..

• CDPH announces the recipients of $500,000 to expand mental health psychiatry services across Chicago 

Other Updates available in PDF version:

• Commissioner Choucair appears on WCIU's You and Me This Morning for Stroke Awareness Month.., 

• CDC National Prevention Information Network hosted CDPH (@ChiPublicHealth) on

  CDC NPIN's TwitterChat hosts @ChiPublicHealth

  youth focused STD Awareness Month Twitter chat 

• Mayor Rahm Emanuel released a comprehensive report detailing progress made since taking office in May 2011. The 32-page report highlights progress made to improve the quality of schools, the safety of streets, the cost and effectiveness of city government, and the urgent need to create and keep the jobs in Chicago. The report,

  1st Year Report

  a public feedback form, video and more resources are availableat: www.cityofchicago.org/firstyear

• CDOT & the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council will be hosting another round of public meetings to give Chicagoans an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Streets for Cycling Plan 2020. for more information visit: http://tinyurl.com/7dtkwls

• On Monday, June 4, Commissioner Bechara Choucair and other regional health leaders will participate in the State of the Health of Chicago, a forum hosted by the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. The State of the Health of Chicago brings together the region's leading health stakeholders and policymakers to raise awareness of the serious challenges impacting the health of the citizens of Chicago and to explore methods for the health community to collaborate to reduce these barriers to good health. The forum is open to the public. Register online at www.iomc.org.  

• The University of Illinois at Chicago is conducting a community-based research weight loss study for African American breast cancer survivors to deter-mine if Moving Forward, a weight-loss program is effective in decreasing body mass index and weight and in improving diet and physical activity habits. The effect of weight loss on blood pressure, cho-lesterol, and quality of life will also be evaluated. The Chicago Park District is implementing the pro-gram in Roseland/Pullman, Englewood, Austin, South Shore, and Lawndale, and will recruiting in-dividuals for Roseland between May 1 and June 15. To be eligible women need to be at least 18 years old and must have been diagnosed with Stage I, II or III breast cancer and be at least 6 months post treatment. For more information, contact LaShan-te Griffin at (312) 996-6880.