Indiana County

Decathlon & WalkWorks Program

Program Overview:

In 2015, Indiana County was selected to participate in the WalkWorks program.  WalkWorks is a collaboration between the Indiana County Office of Planning & Development, Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Downtown Center (formerly through the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health) to increase opportunities for physical activity across Indiana County.  Through this grant funded program, planners work with local communities to identify community-based walking routes and form sustainable walking groups that will enhance and expand active transportation with the ultimate goal of improving the health of County residents.

Instructions:

Sign in at our events or post photos of your walk on our Facebook to be eligible for a prize drawing.

Prizes will be drawn at 1PM in the Blue Spruce Park Gazebo during Nature Palooza June 1st, 2024. SIGN UP at in-person events or POST on the “Indiana County Walking Decathlon” Facebook page with #ICDecathlon2024 by May 24th to be eligible.

 

 

 

Before You Go...

Stretching before your walk not only warms up your muscles, but it increases your

flexibility and range of motion.

Join Josie Smith, Cloe Thoericht & Molly Katzmann from IUP's Kinesiology, Health and

Sport Sciences Department in this short video of key stretches that will help you get

the most out of your walk.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO Happy Trails!

The Many Colors of Mr. Rogers Cardigans...

Why Cardigans? Click the link above to read more

Data fanatic Owen Phillips designed a chart that tracks the colors of every cardigan Mister Rogers wore from 1969 to 2001

2024 Self-led Walks
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Indiana County WalkWorks Routes

Blairsville

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Ernest

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Clymer

Homer City

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Glen Campbell

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Indiana Borough

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WalkWorks Program Staff:

Barbara Hauge, P.L.A, ASLA, NGICP

Landscape Architect

WalkWorks Program Manager

bhauge@upstreetarchitects.com

Program Advisory and Steering Committees:

Indiana County Active Transportation Advisory Committee

Amanda Augustine, Corporate and Community Health Manager-Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC),aaugustine@indianarmc.org

Patty Yamrick, Ernest Borough Secretary-pyam@comcast.net

Robert Fyock, Indiana County Sheriff-County of Indiana; rfyock@indianacountypa.gov

Jeff Grim, Research Analyst-Citizens Ambulance; jgrim@iup.edu

Laurie Lafontaine, Advocate-Indiana County Planning Commission, C&I Trail Council Board Member; trailsrme@hughes.net

Heidi Farmery, Administrative Programs Coordinator-Aging Services, Inc.; hfarmery@agingservicesinc.com

Josh Krug, Deputy Director, Planning-Indiana County Office of Planning & Development; jkrug@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us

Tony Dellafiora, Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator-PennDOT District 10; adellafior@pa.gov

Sean Rybolt, Director of Wellness & Sports-YMCA of Indiana County-seanrybolt@icymca.org

Dr. Leslie Stenger, Kinesiology, Health & Sport Science Professor-Indiana University of Pennsylvania, las@iup.edu

Barbara Hauge, Program Manager WalkWorks Program, Landscape Architect-UpStreetArchitects,Inc. bhauge@upstreetarchitects.com

 

Indiana County WalkWorks/Decathlon Steering Committee

Barbara Hauge, Leslie Stenger, Patty Yamrick-Ernest Borough Secretary, Ed Cochran-Clymer Borough, Cecelia Mullen and Peggy Mullen-Indiana Residents, Janet Wikstrom-Cherry Hill Township, Tammy Blumling-Center Township, Pam MacWilliams-Indiana Borough

Phone:  (724) 465-3870

Fax 1:  (724) 465-3150

Fax 2:  (724) 465-3151

 

801 Water St.

Indiana, PA 15701-1705

Office Hours:

 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday - Friday EST