北区全体を元気にするため「元気」をキーワードに健康、福祉、産業、文化、まちの活性化に取り組んでいます。
健康においては、33万人健康づくり大作戦として、区民一人ひとりが健康づくりに取り組めるように、健康情報の提供、健康づくりの場や機会の提供や相談機能の充実を図っています。
また、高齢者の地域活動への参加のきっかけづくりとして、シニア元気塾事業などを展開しています。産業・まちの元気づくりにおいては、地域に活力を生み出す商店街への支援、中小企業の開発能力や技術取得への支援、新たな事業に挑戦する方への起業家支援を行っています。さらに、高齢者や障害者を始め、誰もが自由に移動し活動できるように、北区内全駅及び駅周辺のエレベーター整備を推進し、やさしいまちづくりに取り組んでいます。
平成19年10月現在
Vitality: Liveliness Strategy
In order to bring vigor to the whole of Kita City, efforts are being made in the areas of health, welfare, industry, culture, and the vitalization of the community in accordance with the key word of "vitality." In the area of health, efforts are being made to supply health information, provide places and opportunities for building health, and enhance counseling functions so that every citizen can tackle health management. In addition, such programs as the Senior Genki Juku Project are conducted to provide opportunities for elderly people to participate in community activities. In the field of vitalizing industry and the community, support is provided to shopping districts to bring vitality to the local community, to small and medium-sized companies to promote their development capabilities and acquisition of technology, and to entrepreneurs who wish to challenge new businesses. Furthermore, efforts are being made to build a user-friendly city by promoting barrier-free facilities at all railway stations in the city
and in the vicinity of stations so that all people, including the elderly and disabled, can move around freely and be active.
As of October,2007