Table 2. Description of Environmental Features Related to Physical Activity Identified Through Community Assessments Conducted in 4 Rural Communities by Using the Stanford Healthy Neighborhood Discovery Tool and Follow-Up Focus Groups, New York State, October 2013–May 2014.

Coded Feature and Description	Quotations (+ or −)
Accessibility: Features that impact accessibility and safety for people with impaired mobility	“[This is] an intersection that’s handicap accessible . . . the curbs are cut down so that you can roll across with a [manual] wheel chair or motorized wheel chair. This makes it very easy for people to access our main street [on] both sides.” (+)
Aesthetics: Features that improve or worsen the atmosphere, such as landscaping	“We thank God for our lovely volunteers that volunteer their time to plant these flowers and stuff so that when we are walking around the park, we have nice things to look at.” (+)
Benches: Benches, picnic tables, or other seating positioned around town	“Okay here’s a couple more benches that we found in this little park here. [It’s] another place to have a nice rest, [if] you’re doing some walking in the village and you want to take a little break.” (+)
Green spaces: Outdoor spaces suitable for walking, playing, or exercising, including trails, parks, forests, sports fields, and outdoor pools	“This is a picture of a nice walking path from [this town] to the backside of [the] elementary school to the playground. Easy access and scenic.” (+) “[This] fitness trail would not be extremely safe for [the] elderly. The conditions of the trail are actually more of a hike with uneven ground.” (−)
Lighting: Outdoor lighting	“I really like these lamp posts. They really enhance being able to walk with your family members in the evening. You can see, it’s well lit, and they’re pretty.” (+) “What I observe when I go through town is not only in the daytime but at nighttime is that we need more lighting, more street lights, to see the sidewalks better.” (−)
Roads: Roads and crosswalks; traffic safety concerns including speed of traffic, dust, and noise pollution	“When you’re walking – especially on Main Street and east and west of Main Street – there’s lots of traffic, lots of noise, [and] lots of dust in places where the cars go faster and it makes it unpleasant to walk. You can’t talk if you’re with somebody . . . ” (−) “Very few crosswalks, even the ones that are labeled, don’t really have any other visual signs that say stop for pedestrians in this walkway. So, pretty dangerous actually.” (−)
Sidewalks: Presence, absence, and condition of sidewalks	“[The sidewalks are a] bad situation. An older person could fall over that and really get hurt. Or anybody of any age could get hurt on that because it’s a pretty good size height there on that sidewalk that has risen up so I think it could be fixed.” (−) “On this street, the sidewalk just ends so you have to cross the street to get to a sidewalk.” (−) “As you can see, everything is very level, very straight. The sidewalks are all new.” (+)
Walkable destinations: Local destinations for shopping, entertainment, or services	“This is a picture of a classic movie theater, very old fashioned in our community. Lots of people go here and walk here from around the village.” (+) “Empty storefronts are somewhat of a blight on a small town like this because there just aren’t enough outlets for people in town because of the larger supermarkets and things like that beyond town. So in town, buildings remain empty.” (−)

Abbreviations: +, active living facilitators; − barriers to active living.