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Ignite Chaffee County

We are taking part in the global movement proven to improve health and well-being for entire communities, cities, and counties. This new way of thinking and working will enhance the places we live, work, learn, and play.

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The Central Colorado Area Agency on Aging is bringing together civic and community leaders to work with Blue Zones to enhance community well-being across Chaffee County. By driving long-term, transformational change, this initiative aims to improve quality of life for residents of all ages, so Chaffee County can be a place where everyone thrives.

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This partnership seeks to create lasting improvements in health and well-being for Chaffee County residents and visitors. By establishing cross-sector partnerships and catalyzing innovations that support well-being, we are helping to create a Chaffee County where it’s easy to age with health, dignity, and independence.

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Blue Zones is the proven innovator for improving the well-being of large populations, with remarkable success in businesses, cities, and states across America.

In this phase, Blue Zones global experts are performing a Readiness Study, a structured exploration of Chaffee County. They are working with our local community health leaders and organizations to learn and assess the state of our well-being. Becoming a Blue Zones Community is a three-phase process, and the Readiness Study is the first step.

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Blue Zones Ignite Chaffee County Community Keynote Event

Wednesday, October 21
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Please join us for the Blue Zones Ignite Chaffee County Community Keynote Event where national speaker, Nick Buettner, will present the research on the longest-lived and healthiest places in the world, as well as the common lifestyle and cultural traits of those regions. You’ll then learn how these traits have been implemented in communities across the United States and what communities can do to promote health and well-being.

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What We Do

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READINESS STUDY

Blue Zones experts will collaborate with leaders to assess readiness and build a plan for change. During this period, we will: educate and mobilize local leaders and residents, evaluate the community’s current state of well-being, identify the highest priority strengths, challenges and opportunities, and produce and present a plan for community transformation.

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FREE TOOLS

Blue Zones engages individual community members through online health and well-being assessments, the True Vitality® Test and the True Happiness® Test, and an interactive Blue Zones® Life Plan. All are available for free to all community members as part of the program. These customized online tools are designed to help raise individual awareness surrounding personal health and well-being, with the goal of increasing overall life expectancy.

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MEET THE EXPERTS

The Blue Zones team is comprised of a range of inspirational, innovative community transformation and well-being experts.

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“In an age when poor health seems so intractable, you’ve taken this community from a place of resignation to a place of hope.”

Dr. Vivek Murthy

Former U.S. Surgeon General after his orientation to the Blue Zones work in the Beach Cities, California

Get Involved

Join the movement that will make healthy choices easier in Chaffee County. Together, we can make our community a healthier, happier place to live, work, and play.

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Using evidence-based lessons of longevity from the blue zones, we optimize the Life Radius, where we live, work, learn, and play.

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Life Radius

Blue Zones transformations focus on optimizing the Life Radius or the area close to home where we spend 90 percent of our lives.

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Residents of the original blue zones regions live in very different parts of the world. Yet they have nine commonalities that lead to longer, healthier lives.

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