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Cedar Rapids celebrates health with city-wide walk, Gov. Reynolds
Dozens treked from Cedar Rapids City Hall to Greene Park on Wednesday with Gov. Kim Reynolds and other city officials. The approximately 1-mile route marked the annual Healthiest State Initiative walk.
Participants received free lunch upon arriving at Greene Park. The Healthiest State Initiative is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with the goal to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds looks at the top of the Alliant Building as she and Delta Dental of Iowa president and CEO Jeff Russell during the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Walkers make their way along the sidewalk along First St. SE on their way to Green Square during the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds looks at the top of the Alliant Building as she and Cedar Rapids city manager Jeff Pomeranz are framed through a sign cut into a bike rack near Iowa Brewing Co. during the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids city manager Jeff Pomeranz talks about the renovation of the former Smulekoff's warehouse building with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds during the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Shannon Brendengen (left) of the YMCA tastes a salmon hors d'oeuvre served by Genie Maybanks from New Pioneer Co-Op at the conclusion of the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in Green Square in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Walkers get a free lunch at the conclusion of the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Gayle Keiser with the Linn County Prosecutor's Office winds up to throw a bean bag during a game of Bags against co-worker Kim McElree at Green Square following during the annual Cedar Rapids City-Wide Walk in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The city received a Healthiest State Initiative Community Award this year for advancing efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of residents in Cedar Rapids. The approximatly 1 mile walk concluded at Green Square with a free lunch and other refreshments for the walkers as well as music and games.(Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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