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Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse Plan Health Impact Assessment	The Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) is located in the City of Concord in Contra Costa County in California.  The Navy has designated the 5,028 acre site as surplus and the City of Concord is preparing a Reuse Plan for the site.  As part of that process, the City is considering several alternative land use concepts, all of which involve land for housing, commercial space, and community facilities as well as preserving significant acreage for open space. Development at the CNWS site has the potential to greatly benefit the health and well being of current and future Concord and Contra Costa residents.  Such benefits could accrue through, for example, increasing: •  Access to parks and open space where residents can exercise; •  Number of homes available to moderate and lower income residents, leaving more money available for healthy food and medical care and reducing overcrowded and substandard living conditions; •  Number of jobs that pay a living wage and provide health-related benefits such as health insurance and paid sick days; •  Proximity of residents to health-promoting goods and services, such as grocery stores and community centers; •  Neighborhood walkability and public transit options, as well as reducing driving, which would increase physical activity and decrease air pollution and noise. At the request of the Community Coalition for a Sustainable Concord and with support from The California Endowment, HIP conducted this HIA to analyze how the alternatives being considered for the CNWS Reuse Project would help realize these health and well being benefits or, potentially, lead to negative health outcomes.  The analysis considered how health would be impacted by changes in housing, jobs, transportation, retail and services, and parks and open space, and developed recommendations in each of these areas as to how to improve the potential health outcomes.  In this analysis, health is defined as the state of complete physical, mental and social  well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. In January 2009, the final version of the Concord Naval Weapons Station Health Impact Assessment report was completed.
Summary of Findings and Recommendations	For the Executive Summary and summaries of each chapter, click here: Executive Summary Chapter Summaries (all 5 of them)
Full Report and Chapters	CNWS Health Impact Assessment Full Report (42MB) Individual chapters: Cover Page Through Introduction Healthy Housing Jobs and Livelihood Parks and Open Space Transportation and Walkability Retail and Public Services Appendices
Other Resources	City of Concord's CNWS Project website Concord's Goals and Guiding Principles for the project The Community Coalition for a Sustainable Concord
Contacts	For more information about this Health Impact Assessment contact: Jonathan Heller (510) 740 0143 jch{AT}humanimpact.org