by: Neita Cecil
The Blue Zones Project, a three-year well-being initiative begun in The Dalles this past spring, has hired its four locally-based staffers.
Leticia Valle, a former program manager for Nuestra Comunidad Sana – Health Promotion Services, a program of The Next Door, Inc., will serve as community program manager of the Blue Zones Project here.
She will be joined by Project Manager Dillon Melady, Engagement Lead Taylor Smith and Organization Lead Brett Ratchford.
Drawn from the Gorge and Pendleton areas, the team will be responsible for implementing programs and principles as The Dalles works toward Blue Zones Community Certification, according to a press release.
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