HealthAlliance Announces Partnership with Live Well Kingston

Kingston, N.Y. – June 10, 2014 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley^® is proud to announce their partnership with Live Well Kingston, a city-endorsed coalition coordinated by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County focused on improving, promoting and supporting healthier lifestyle choices in Kingston. The coalition is building a better Kingston to walk, bike, eat and play.

HealthAlliance is a founding partner of the coalition, providing sponsorship to support Live Well Kingston in its development of community workgroups that will act to advance the health of the Kingston community.The goal is to help Kingston residents achieve improved health through greater access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity. HealthAlliance will take an active role in guiding the workgroups, campaigns and plans to implement this mission.

"This is another example of an important investment in a city-wide partnership that is building the capacity of our community to create changes that encourage people to make healthy lifestyle choices," said the city of Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo. "The Live Well Kingston Coalition and its member organizations are enthusiastically moving the city toward being a place where healthy eating and active living become part of our culture."

The partnership with Live Well Kingston was completed as part of HealthAlliance's efforts to keep people healthier and out of the hospital. Through this coalition, HealthAlliance can help deliver health and wellness opportunities, giving residents of the Kingston community greater access to healthy lifestyle services.

"This partnership between HealthAlliance and Live Well Kingston can help organize a greater assortment of community resources to improve the population's health, a central tenant of HealthAlliance's redesign efforts," said Dave Scarpino, president and CEO of HealthAlliance. "We are excited to join this collaborative relationship with community members, organizations and business to increase and promote health and wellness."

The next coalition meetings will be held on July 9, 2014 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Cornell Cooperative Extension in the Kingston Plaza across from Herzogs. To get involved in Live Well Kingston, contact Kristen Wilson at 845-340-3990 or kew67@cornell.edu.