exceed 100 words. You will be penalized if this section is longer! 3/nSports fields • Walking trails • • Playgrounds Green spaces Condition of facilities Stores • Types of stores Indoor

Malls • • Strip shopping centers Physical condition of stores • Food Environment •Number, location, density, & proximity of food venues in a defined geographical area, such as full-service grocery stores, convenience stores and corner stores, fast food restaurants, and sit-down restaurants. • Availability of foods in stores, fast food restaurants, other restaurants, and other food take-out venues. • Shelf space allocated to foods within stores in the community. • Pricing and placement of foods within a store or restaurant. • Nutrition information or marketing material within stores and restaurants. Describe how your observations of the community impact the health of a specific group of community members: children, adolescents, working adults, retired people, frail elders Please choose one group Your answer should not eos fall 2023* The D.W Golf Course. There are multiple playgrounds throughout the city. The facilities are in good condition. There is a vast variety of stores in Brockton. Lots of Corners and convenience stores, single-location retailers, supermarkets, community and warehouse. There are approximately 9 strip shopping centers. 1 Indoor mall (Westgate Mall) there is few available rental spaces inside the mall. Physical conditions are good. The vast majority of the stores are fast food stores/restaurant which are located on each geographical sides of the city. There is a growing Cannabis stores thru the city as well. Foods are readily available to customers. Some of the stores have nutritional information, others do not. After my initial physical assessment of the community the specific group that can be impacted by the community is the adolescents:/nName of Community General Appearance of Community (in one sentence) Community Physical Environment Characteristics including: • Boundaries • Area in square feet • Zoning Infrastructure Condition including: • Roads • Bridges • Sidewalks • Street lights Types of Housing in Community • Condition of housing Signs and Billboards • Types of signs and billboards • Condition of signs and billboards Schools and Educational Facilities K-12 schools Vocational schools • Colleges and universities Places of Worship • Faith-based community outreach programs Parks and Recreation Parks eos fall 2023* 1 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT of a COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT LIST CHARACTERISTIC OBSERVED IF AN ITEM IS NOT PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY PLEASE STATE "NOT OBSERVED" City of Brockton, MA The city appears fairly new, the downtown area is very busy and crowded which homeless individuals make up for good amount of it, some old abandoned schools/buildings with ongoing modern architectural constructions. The city is bordered by the followings towns: Avon, Holbrook, Abington, Stoughton, Whitman, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater and Easton. Area is 21.52 Sq mi/ 55.72 Km2 3 type of zoning: Residential, commercial and industrial business. Most of residential areas roads are in good condition, main roads not so much, though they are under reconstruction/maintenance. Bridges: Not observed. There are sidewalks throughout the city, some are closed for repair. The street lights are in good condition. Different type of housing: Single, duplex, apartment, condo, Co-op, multi family, townhouse. General condition from fair to good condition. There are a lot of newly constructed housings. Commercial and political signs/billboards were observed. Most are located on the west side on the old fair playground which now under construction. There are 24 public and private K-12 schools located in the city. 12 elementary, 8 middle schools and 5 high schools. No Vocational schools observed. 1 Community College (Massasoit Community College) No university. There is diverse faith based community outreach programs in the city (Churches and temples) The D.W Park has a walking trail. Also served as a green space.