Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | 8 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. American Lung Association (ALA) St. Paul Office490 Concordia AveSt. Paul, MN 55103(free parking)Registration Deadline: February 15, 2017 (Space is limited)Cost: Registration is free. Audience: The primary audience for this training are Statewide Health Improvement and 1422 grantees who have done, or plan to do work to improve healthy food availability, accessibility, and affordability in corner stores, grocery stores and restaurants. Note: There are a limited number of spaces. If we do not have space for all interested grantees, preference will be given to those who have integrated this work into their 2017 work plans.Purpose: Join your colleagues to listen, learn, share, and collaborate to improve the retail food environment in your communities. Tools and tips will be shared to help you: assess the food environment, engage customers and retailers, and increase the availability and sales of healthy foods and beverages, in small stores, grocery stores and restaurants.Learning ObjectivesUpon completion, participants will:1. Be prepared to conduct assessments of the retail food environment and/or train others to conduct simple assessments; and summarize and share results to effectively drive improvements2. Develop a better understanding of the business landscape to effectively engage, support and collaborate with small store, grocery store and restaurant owners to offer and promote more healthy food and beverage options3. Be able to utilize knowledge and tools to help retailers source and merchandize fresh produce4. Understand how regulations, incentives and policies can be leveraged to increase access to healthy foods in retail settingsTechnology Requirements: It is important that each grantee brings a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop. It would be ideal if everyone could bring a laptop, but only one per grantee is required. This will allow for hands-on practice with the software tools. Also, we have requested your non-government email account in the registration process,as we sometimes have difficulties when sending emails to these types of email accounts. To ensure you are able to practice with the Store Audit Center software tool during the training, please plan to bring a mobile device or tablet that is linked with your non-government email address.Pre-Work for Participants Planning to Conduct Nutrition Environment Assessments in 2017:When you register, you will be asked to indicate the types of sites you plan to assess (corner stores, grocery stores, or restaurants), the zip codes for the areas you plan to assess, and when you plan to conduct assessments.Facilitators:Charla Hodges, Counter Tools, Teresa Ambroz, Minnesota Department of Health, Emily Kilbourn-Shear, Minnesota Department of HealthFor any questions about this training, please contact Teresa Ambroz 651-201-4724 or Teresa.Ambroz@state.mn.us, or Emily Kilbourn-Shear 651-201-5494 or Emily.Kilbourn-Shear@state.mn.us
