The Healthy Eating and Active Living program (HEAL) launched the Rhody Streets Transformation Project (RSTP) in 2023, showcasing community design that promotes physical activity and active transportation for Rhode Islanders. The RSTP awards funding to community-based organizations and municipalities to create temporary demonstration projects that enhance the built environment, encourage physical activity and active transportation, or develop community programs that promote physical activity. The goals for this initiative include the following:
- Build municipal support for safer, healthier streets;
- Expand outdoor green and public spaces;
- Expand transportation choices within communities.
Designing Communities for Active Living
Check out HEAL’s Streets Transformation Project and how its innovative community design initiatives are breaking down barriers to physical activity in neighborhoods across the state. Since its launch in 2023, RSTP has successfully awarded 26 projects statewide.
2026 projects are coming soon! Keep your eyes open this summer for new pop-up projects across the state: ri.gov/press/view/50843
2025 RSTP projects: ri.gov/press/view/49234
2024 RSTP projects: ri.gov/press/view/47714
2023 RSTP projects: Seventeen projects selected to receive streets transformation grants