Healthy city (or Healthy Cities) is a term used in public health and urban design to stress the impact of policy on human health. Its modern form derives from a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative on Healthy Cities and Villages in 1986, but has a history dating back to the mid 19th century. The term was developed in conjunction with the European Union, but rapidly became international as a way of establishing healthy public policy at the local level through health promotion. It emphasises the multi-dimensionality of health as laid out in WHO's constitution and, more recently, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. An alternative term is Healthy Communities, or Municipios saludables in parts of Latin America.

Many jurisdictions have healthy community programmes and cities can apply to become a WHO-designated "Healthy City". WHO defines the Healthy City as:

"one that is continually creating and improving those physical and social environments and expanding those community resources which enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their maximum potential."

Grant Schofield is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.

Schofield played two official A-international matches for the New Zealand, making his debut in a 0-2 loss to England on 18 June 1991. His second official appearance didn't come until some five years later in a 2-3 loss to Qatar on 5 October 1996.

David Woods was an American lawyer and politician, who was a two-time member of the New York State Assembly including a stint as Speaker.

Woods lived in Salem, NY. He was Sheriff of Washington County from 1806 to 1810.

He was a Democratic-Republican member of the New York State Assembly from Washington County in 1811, and from Washington and Warren Counties in 1816-17. Then he removed to Madison and practice law there. He was again a member of the Assembly in 1818, this time from Madison County. He was Speaker in 1816-17 and 1818.

In 1821, he lost the election for Congress to Thomas H. Hubbard. From 1825 to 1831, he was a Canal Appraiser. In 1826, he was again a member of the Assembly from Washington County. Afterwards he was a judge of the Washington County Court.

Dr. Trevor Hancock was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada. Under him, the party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 federal election. He is a public health physician, and consults with the World Health Organization. Together with Dr. Leonard Duhl, he created the Healthy Cities project that looks at environmental aspects of sustainable urban development as a determinant of health. In 2005, Dr. Hancock was also instrumental in initiating BC Healthy Communities- a provincial initiative focussed on building capacity for healthy municipal governance.