Tag: Blue Zones
Marion Well-Being Index score rises for second straight year
A recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index community study shows a citywide gain of more than four points in Marion's overall Well-Being Index score and improvements...
Waterloo and Cedar Falls strive for Blue Zones Project designation
By Angela Holmes
BLACK HAWK COUNTY -- While the leader of both the Waterloo and Cedar Falls Blue Zones projects admits it hasn’t been easy...
Public investment leads to private growth
Corbett: “We have our second wind”
By Sarah Binder
CEDAR RAPIDS—Like an athlete finding the endurance to carry on, Cedar Rapids is finding its second wind.
Mayor...
Implementing reform: Where to begin?
By Sarah Binder
CEDAR RAPIDS—You have to start somewhere.
That theme applies to both personal wellness and the implementation of health care reform, which were main...
Office space search, staffing begins for Blue Zones communities
By Pat Shaver and Sarah Binder
CORRIDOR—It’s time to turn the Corridor blue, one healthy choice at a time.
In a news conference Jan. 30, Cedar Rapids, Iowa...