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Blue Zone committee visits Fairfield
Posted: 09.07.2012 at 1:14 PM
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FAIRFIELD, IOWA -- The City of Fairfield is one step closer to becoming a Blue Zones Community.

On Thursday, the city and other community leaders met with the committee in charge of selecting the Blue Zone sites.

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According to Fairfield's Mayor, the meeting was over three hours and consisted of great dialogue.

"We had a group of about 45 representatives from around the community yesterday that engaged in this dialogue with team members. It was very energetic and exciting. There was a lot of good back and forth. We felt very good about it and it reinvigorated the communities initial interest in becoming a Blue Zone," said Mayor Ed Malloy.

The committee still has a few more small cities to visit throughout Iowa. The City of Fairfield should know if they were selected in about three weeks.

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