Wanda Cruz of Cornell Cooperative Extension told the meeting that the county’s CHIS (Creating Healthy Schools and Communities) 2 initiative is in its fifth year and has supported food-service guideline work at more than 23 locations, 13 adopted municipal policies and 34 physical-activity projects across Sullivan County.

Cruz said recent projects added food-service guideline work at two golf courses and that two Safe Routes to School projects are underway — one in the town of Fallsburg (South Fallsburg) and one with the village of Liberty School District. She described expanded fitness-trail access in the town of Bloomingburg and said local municipalities from Bethel to Thompson have adopted or are considering policy changes to support nutrition and physical activity.

Cornell Cooperative Extension staff are preparing an RFP for CHIS 3 and sought continued county support and partnership for sustaining the program’s policy and built-environment work. Cruz invited questions; no formal county action was taken.