Name: Wisconsin Healthy Communities Summit
Start: 2026-04-23T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-24T12:30:00-05:00
Location: Hilton Garden Inn Wausau (Wausau, WI)

In partnership by the Wisconsin Bike Fed and Wisconsin Office of Outdoor Recreation.
Join us, and learn from world-changing thinkers and innovators in the outdoor recreation world about how we build and maintain healthy communities. Our two-day summit promises interactive sessions, networking opportunities, and experiential field trips that will leave you inspired, connected, and equipped to take action in your community.
With a growing understanding of outdoor recreation’s wealth of benefits, communities are rethinking how trails, green spaces and infrastructure contribute to vibrant, resilient places. At the Healthy Communities Summit, you can connect with peers, learn from national experts, and explore real-world solutions for building healthy, thriving communities. In just two days, you’ll be able to:
Attend breakout sessions that will cover topics from designing infrastructure around community needs to building equity in the outdoors, exploring the outdoors as a form of medicine, leveraging trails and outdoor amenities to attract tourism and talent and providing solutions for rural healthcare.