Everyday Livability

Everyday livability describes the conditions that create a community’s quality of life—including the built and natural environments, economic prosperity, social stability and equity, health probability, educational opportunity, and cultural, entertainment and recreation possibilities.

Embracing policymaking to create equitable access to health and economic mobility is key to everyday livability. How do you see your city? How does it make you feel? How does it shape your perspectives, your possibilities and your personal health? What roles in your daily life would be easier if things were different? What would an urban ecosystem of care look like for you?

Identify plans, services and government-funded programs in your area and draw the connection between them and the choices elected officials make. Who is making the decisions you want to see in your community? Your state? Your country? How are they making them? Voting is how you use your voice to choose the people who create the programs, plans and policies that provide the systems of support for daily life. What would a political ecosystem of care look like for you?

Policy influences the health probability of society by establishing a framework that creates access to the healthy living patterns that enrich our common humanity. What would it look like for you to thrive and not just survive? What policies would help you get ahead and not just get by? Voting is how you use your voice to choose the people who create the programs, plans and policies that provide the systems of support for daily life—your everyday livability. Your vote is your voice. Speak up.