Become a Blue Zone City - America's Calling for Community Well-being
From "American Rescue Plan: Think Big Chillicothe"
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This project idea is to dedicate necessary resources for Chillicothe to take a community-wide approach to well-being through the Blue Zones Project.
The Blue Zones Project is a proven model for transforming the health of large populations. Blue Zone Communities have experienced:
- Double digit drops in obesity, smoking, and BMI (body mass index)
- Millions of dollars of savings in healthcare costs
- Measurable drops in employee absenteeism
For 20 years, Blue Zones has worked in hundreds of American Cities implementing evidence-informed Community Well-Being programs to improve population health and economic vitality.
In a full Blue Zones community transformation, they optimize:
The built environment: Improving roads and transportation options, parks, and public spaces
Municipal policies and ordinances: Promoting activity and discouraging junk food marketing and smoking
Restaurants, schools, grocery stores, faith-based organizations, and workplaces: Building healthier options into the places people spend most of their time
Social networks: Forming and nurturing social groups that support healthy habits
Habitat: Helping people design homes that nudge them into eating less and moving more
Inner selves: Encouraging people to reduce stress, find their purpose, and give back to the community
