Debbie Watkins and Amelia Clabots Blue Zones PresentationBlue Zones in Jacksonville
BEACHES COMMUNITIES
To empower everyone, everywhere to live longer, better
Co-create the opportunities,
tools, process and environment
With all individuals, organizations
and communities
Have a healthy, purposeful
long-lasting life
Our Calling
The Original Blue Zones
Sardinia, Italy
Ikaria, Greece Okinawa, Japan
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Loma Linda, California
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Blue Zones –Solution Model
POWER 9®
Lifestyles of all Blue Zones residents
shared nine commonalities.
We call these characteristics the Power 9.
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Blue Zones –Solution Model
LIFE RADIUS®
Almost all Americans spend 90% of their lives within 20
miles of home. We call this the LIFE RADIUS.
That’s where we focus—implementing permanent and
semi-permanent changes to where people spend the
majority of their waking lives.
At homes, schools, worksites, grocery stores,
restaurants, and faith-based organizations.
We make healthy choices easier—even unavoidable.
Where you spend your time and who you spend it
with is the intervention that transforms well-being.
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Blue Zones Community Transformation
ASSESS & PLAN ACTIVATE TRANSFORM
Readiness
Assessment
Expert
Guidance
Plan to
Transform
Align
Priorities
Implement
Key Policies
Build
Capacity
•Educate and mobilize local leaders and residents
•Evaluate the community’s current state of well-being
•Identify the highest priority challenges and
opportunities
•Produce and present an expert plan for
Transformation
•Prioritize, adopt and implement key policy changes
•Inspire citizen awareness and engagement
•Attract additional resources
•Raise the community profile
•Full focus on people, places and policy
•Prove and communicate the impact
•Capture value of being a Blue Zones Community
•Assure sustainability
Blue Zones Transformations
Expand
Intervention
Prove
Impact
Leverage
the Value
Built
Environmen
t
Schools
Tobacco
Policy
Alcohol
Policy
?
Well-Being/
Happiness
Food
Systems
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Resiliency in Blue Zones Project Communities
A national survey on COVID-19 impact revealed that communities implementing a Blue Zones
Project are buffering the effects of the pandemic better than others.
These communities reported:
Lower levels of at-risk health conditions
Less worry,loneliness,stress,and
anxiety in reaction to COVID-19
Greater connectedness with family and others
More positive health behaviors compared to
communities across the nation
Despite more individuals in BZP communities reporting a pay decrease, a significant financial stressor
These findings suggest that the presence of a multi-year initiative that has strengthened social
support networks, reduced chronic health conditions, and increased health behaviors across
a population can increase community resiliency to crises such as COVID-19.
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Examples of Deployed Interventions
•Smoking banned on all city-owned property, on beaches,
parks and all recreation areas with cigarette receptacles
installed throughout the Beach Cities
•Over 100 restaurants achieved Blue Zones Certification
•More than 2000 Blue Zones Ambassadors (trained
community volunteers) supported healthy transformations
•Walking School Bus programs adopted in 14 schools
•23,000 residents took personal pledges to live better, longer
•The 3 beach cities worked collaboratively together to adopt
the Beach Cities Livability Plan and the South Bay Bicycle
Master Plan -working together to secure millions of dollars
in grant funding for associated projects and improvements
•Place Of Last Drink (POLD) adopted with law enforcement
intervening with repeat DWI offenders to support positive
changes to drinking behaviors
•Complete Street projects made walking and biking easier
and more convenient, increasing physical activity levels
BEACH CITIES, CALIFORNIA
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Measurable Results
•55% drop in childhood obesity rates
at Redondo Beach K-5 schools
•15% drop in overweight/obese
adults
•10% increase in exercise
•17% drop in smoking
•12% rise in Life Evaluation
•$72M in medical cost and lost
productivity savings
BEACH CITIES, CALIFORNIA
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Mapping Well-Being in Beach Communities
Zip Code Life Satisfaction
32233 7.265
32266 7.048
32250 6.883
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Positive & Negative Affect in Beach Communities
91.60 –92.54
88.67 –91.60
88.59 –88.67
87.40 –88.59
86.36 –87.40
85.63 –86.36
84.68 –85.63
83.60 –84.68
82.72 –83.60
74.60 –82.72
35.85 –38.63
35.28 –35.85
34.29 –35.28
32.97 –34.29
31.67 –32.97
30.46 –31.67
29.53 –30.46
28.86 –29.53
27.41 –28.86
22.50 –27.41
POSITIVE AFFECT NEGATIVE AFFECT
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Blue Zones Project Jacksonville
COMMUNITY BLUEPRINT SUMMARY
Food Environment
Healthy Corner Store Initiatives
Help convenience and corner stores improve offerings to increase healthy food access in underserved areas.
Increase Food SkillsConduct an inventory of existing food skills resources and
programs to guide development and passage of a comprehensive, community-wide strategy designed to increase
food skills of adults and youth in the community.
Create Land Use Policy to Protect and Promote Farmers MarketsEnact a land-use policy that allows farmers markets to locate in
public parks, on school property, and in other public spaces; supports the establishment of markets in underserved area; and
doesn’t require permits or has low-cost permits.
Tobacco Policy
Explore and expand parks, greenspace, and beach-area smoke-free policy efforts
Implement from a voluntary effort to codified policy.
Alcohol Policy
Communications and Social Marketing Campaign
A public education campaign to educate key stakeholders, leaders and the general public on the need for additional
efforts to address the “White Claw” culture, excessive drinking, and the consequences that result.
Built Environment
Build Community Capacity
Form an active transportation group to coordinate in Beach Communities, host a Complete Streets Implementation
Workshop, and provide training on long-term economic costs of sprawl and benefits of healthy re-development.
Crossing Installation OptionsShowcase crossing installation options along A1A and engage
the community around trying different approaches at various locations/intersections prior to permanent implementation.
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Foundation Period
Foundation
Hiring and Training of the
Core Team
Establishment of Committee
Structure and Training
Establishment of Volunteer
Base and Training
Global Expert Summits
Gallup Community
Oversample: Baseline
Baseline Metrics and Annual
Targets -Dashboard
PR Media and Marketing/
Engagement Outreach
Web and Social Media
Engagement with Tools
Community Engagement Events
Master Blueprint: All Sectors
& Marquee Projects Detail*
Central Team Implementation &
Project Management Oversight
9 Months
*The recommendations set for the Phase 1
assessment were preliminary. The Master Blueprint is
designed during the Foundation period and will be the
final set of recommendations for the community.
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Living 1
Food Systems2
Tobacco and Alcohol3
Schools & Walking School Bus6
Restaurants7
8 Grocery & Corner Stores
9 Worksites
10 Faith-Based & Community
Organizations
11 Engagement Speech
12 Moai Participation
13 Purpose
14 Volunteering
15 Public Awareness/Media
PeoplePolicyPlaces
Innovation: Health Equity4
14
Innovation: Workforce
Development5
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Blue Zones Certification Criteria
Awareness & Engagement of Leadership, Citizens and Organizations
Improvement in Key Components and/or Overall Well-Being
Reduction in Health and Well-Being Risks
Evidence of Change Deployed to People, Places and Policy
Improvement in Key Community Self-Reported Metrics
Blue Zones Community Certification Is In Effect For 5 YearsB L U E P R I N T
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Post Blue Zones Post-Certification Structures
PHASE I TransformationFoundation
5 Years 5 Years
MINIMUM TIME TO CERTIFICATION
(Foundation + 5 Years of Transformation)
CERTIFICATION
POST-CERTIFICATION RIGHTS and OPTIONS
Continue Managed Model
Move to Enabled Model
Move to License Model
Move to Legacy Model
9 Months
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GO
LIVE
Sponsor
Meetings
Project Timeline
Value
PresentationReadout &
ProposalAnalysisExperts in
Community
Community
Leadership
Event
Planning &
Research
JUNE ‘21 –FEB ‘22 APRIL
Final Commitment
Contract Completion
TODAY
JAN ‘21 –MAY ‘21
Thank You