REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 11/07/2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: City Manager's Office
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Blue Zones Community Assessment.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider directing staff to facilitate a Community Assessment in preparation for a Blue Zones Project. Blue Zones Projects are designed to improve life and health outcomes of a community through changes to the built environment, policy, and lifestyle. City staff would work with Riverside University Health System - Public Health and the Blue Zones team on the Community Assessment and Blue Zones Project.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council direct staff to work with Riverside University Health System - Public Health and Blue Zones staff on a community assessment and related activities in preparation for a potential Blue Zones Project in the City of Corona.
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BACKGROUND:
Researchers of human longevity have identified five areas in the world, named "Blue Zones", where individuals tended to live significantly longer and healthier lives. All Blue Zones share nine specific lifestyle habits, dubbed the Power 9(r). These are: Move Naturally, Purpose, Downshift, 80% Rule, Plant Slant, Wine @ 5, Belong, Loved Ones First, and Right Tribe.
The Blue Zones organization works with communities to implement the findings of the research on Blue Zones to improve health and community outcomes. Using the Power 9(r), Blue Zones Project Communities focus on 12 "pillars" to optimize the living environment. These are: the built environment, food policy, tobacco policy, employers, schools, restaurants, grocery stores, faith organizations, home, creating social networks, volunteering, and finding purpose. Cities can greatly influence some of these "pillars' through planning, policy, and programming.
For over 20 years, Blue Zones partnered with hundreds of American Cities, co-creating and implemen...
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