 The community shed 12,000 pounds, walked 75 million steps and added three years to their average life expectancy.City officials reported a 40% drop in health care costs.In 2010, Buettner partnered with Healthways, a global health and well-being company, to scale the Blue Zones city work under the rubric of Blue Zones Projects ™

In 2010, the Blue Zones Project team partnered Beach Cities Health District in Southern California to apply Blue Zone principles to three California communities—Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach.