DES MOINES, Iowa — The Healthiest State Initiative (HSI) and officials from Grand Blue Mile are partnering to encourage Iowa communities to "Set the Pace" again in 2018. The Set the Pace challenge encourages Iowans to develop sustainable, healthy habits throughout 2018 — starting with participating in the Grand Blue Mile, the popular one-mile walk/run through Downtown Des Moines on April 24.
As part of the challenge, the community with the highest percentage of its residents participating in the Grand Blue Mile — measured by the number of registrants for a given ZIP code against its total population — will be awarded $10,000 to use on a project that promotes safe and accessible places in which to be active, such as a park, playground or trail.