
Blue zones around the world are regions where people tend to be healthier and live longer. This has been the inspiration for Blue Zones® initiatives, where people and organizations in a certain region collaborate to help make healthy choices easy and more accessible.
That concept has arrived in Blue Zones Project-Allentown, a five-year initiative that enjoyed a successful kickoff at PPL Center on Saturday, April 19. Blue Zones staff notes, “The whole idea is let’s take ownership in our environment (and) in shaping our environment.”
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), now part of Jefferson Health, City Center Group, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health (LPPIH) are sponsoring the Blue Zones® initiatives in Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. This transformational work brings together local leaders and organizations, businesspeople and well-being experts to introduce evidence-based programs and changes to environment, policy and social networks. It’s based on the healthy principles learned from the blue zones’ longevity hotspots of the world.