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Pella Blue Zone Committee

Glenda Anderson, Vermeer Corporation
Mark Blankenspoor, Work Systems Rehab & Fitness
Clint Brown, Pella Chronicle
Kevin Carlson, Central College
Darryl De Ruiter, Pella Christian High School
David DeJong, Pella Christian Grade School
Leslie Duinink, Central College
Greg Ebeling, Pella Community Schools
Karen Eischen, Chamber of Commerce
Larry Happel, Central College
Jenny Hesseltine, City of Pella
Teresa Hovell, Vermeer Corporation
Scott Johnson, HyVee Store Manager
Lexi Kanis, Chamber of Commerce
Cheri Klyn, Vermeer Corporation
Eric Nelson, Pella Community Schools
Molly Patterson, Van Gorp Corporation
Jaime Schiferl, Third Reformed Church
Kirk Veenstra, Pella Corporation

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December 1, 2011

Indication of community interest needed

Pella competes to become Blue Zones Demonstration Community

Anonymous The Chronicle The Zope Gazette Thu Dec 01, 2011, 10:10 AM CST

Pella — Pella is competing to become a Blue Zones Demonstration Community. Is it your desire to have Pella be a healthier place for people to live, learn, work and play? If we are selected as a Blue Zones Demonstration Community, Pella will serve as a model for other Iowa communities on how to change our environment – at home, work, school and community – to make healthy choices easy for our residents and visitors. If selected, Pella will receive financial support for people, training and projects from Wellmark to implement healthy change into our community.

They need your help to gather information on possible initiatives for Pella to undertake if selected by the Blue Zones Project. Information on potential initiatives is listed in the survey. Please indicate your interest in each initiative. This survey is no guarantee that these initiatives will be completed but they do think it would be useful to gauge the level of community interest in various programs. To take the survey, click on:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HNVFXNT

If you have any questions or would like to assist with the Blue Zones application, please contact Cyndi Atkins, public relations manager, at Pella Regional Health Center at PellaBlueZone@pellahealth.org or call 641-621-2290.

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