SIOUX CITY BLUEZONE BID FALLS SHORT

CITY OFFCIALS SAY THEY FELT THEY HAD THE BEST PRESENTATION TO WELLMARK IN THE EFFORT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF IOWA'S HEALTHIEST CITIES, BUT THAT BID WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE LIST OF THE FIRST FOUR TOWNS SELECTED.

EVEN THOUGH SIOUX CITY WAS NOT SELECTED AS A BLUEZONE COMMUNITY FRIDAY, MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS THE EFFORT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR TOWN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

SCOTT WAS ONE OF SIX COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WENT ON A WEIGHTLOSS AND FITNESS PROGRAM AS PART OF THE HEALTH AWARENESS EFFORT BY WELLMARK BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD. HE PLANS ON KEEPING UP HIS OWN PROGRAM AS WELL AS CONTINUING THE CITY'S:

THE BLUE ZONE EFFORT IS TO MAKE IOWA THE HEALTHIEST STATE IN AMERICA BY 2016.
CITY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAUL GAUSMAN SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS BENEFITTED FROM THE CHALLENGE:

THE FOUR CITIES CHOSEN BY WELLMARK FOR THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND ACTIVITIES WERE CEDAR FALLS, MASON CITY, SPENCER AND WATERLOO.

ADDITIONAL CITIES WILL BE CHOSEN IN JANUARY, SO SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP PARTICIPATING IN THE HEALTHY EFFORT.