Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play in Tompkins County

08/20/2024

Check out what is going on at Friends of Stewart Park webpage. There are free carousel rides and free outdoor movies and other fun stuff right around the corner.

01/27/2020

Quash that envious mindset and become someone who celebrates other women.

04/13/2018

Learn the Ropes! International Jumpers Mentoring Program (I-JUMP) Comes to the YB! A 4 week Jump Rope Clinic open to youth of all ages. In Learning the Ropes youth learn:basic, intermediate and advanced jump rope skills; individual, single and Double Dutch instruction.

When: Saturdays 9:30-11:30 am. - 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 5/12
Where: Ithaca Youth Bureau Gym
Instructors: Davi Mozie, Founder of Ithaca's Jumpers United Mentoring Program and Jennifer Forbes
Fee: $80/ $70 City Discount. Need based scholarships are available. Register on-line at

The Ithaca Youth Bureau Recreation Department offers year round recreation programming for youth and families. Sports, lessons, camps, expressive arts, theatre classes and more.

09/26/2017

The Jump Rope Association of Kenya promoting peace through jump rope at the Langata Women's Prison.

09/22/2015

The 2 week Car-Free Challenge starts TODAY! Sign up now.

It’s fun, free and easy to join! Each day, replace trips that you would normally take in a car with walking, biking, taking transit, or carpooling – log your entries on our site each day and you’ll be entered to win cool prizes. Daily prizes are awarded valued at $20 and three Grand Prizes will be awarded valued at $100.

09/21/2015

Walking or running tomorrow? Get a reward at the Regional Carfree Challenge Kick Off at the Dewitt Park Ithaca Farmers Market. Stop by our table for free maps and more!

09/14/2015

"It turns out that one of the most powerful things we can do to turn the tide on chronic disease is something we have been doing for millennia. That is walking." - Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy

Physical activity is essential to people’s health, but dangerous streets and spread-out, sprawling communities prevent Americans from getting enough of it, says the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy.

09/11/2015

Of course Ithaca kicks off this list. You can see this waterfall by walking the 2-mile Gorges loop on the FREE Ithaca Neighborhood Walking Map. Locations of where to pick up a map and a downloadable version can be found at: www.hsctc.org/creatinghealthyplaces

There's also ridiculous lighthouse.

09/08/2015

It's hard to be back at work after the long, sunny weekend. Here's an album that is guaranteed to cheer you up!

Missed the final Congo Square Market, Ithaca of the year? Finish the sentence "I am..." in the comments of this post.

09/03/2015

Thanks to all who make Ithaca a healthy place to live!

"Notably, Ithaca is home not only to several colleges and universities, but also to a well educated population," says the feature. "Higher levels of education are associated with better employment and higher incomes, which together tend to support healthier lifestyles."

08/28/2015

Love to walk? Head over to the Ithaca Commons celebration today and pick up a free Ithaca Neighborhood Walking Map and pedometer from Cayuga Medical Center. Pedometers are available while supplies last, but maps can be found all over Ithaca, including the Downtown Visitors Center and Sunny Days of Ithaca.