by: Vicky O. Misa (The Shawnee News-Star)

Roughly three years since Blue Zones first brought its data-backed ways to improve the quality of life for residents of Shawnee, many of the program’s initial goals have been — or are on the verge of being — met.

In the Fall of 2016 the Avedis Foundation hosted a seminar, bringing representatives from Blue Zones to Shawnee to introduce their well-being initiative to area residents — a proposal that was later approved by the Avedis board and brought to implement within the city.

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