Council Committee to consider the Healthy Hobart Program …

… To encourage health and well-being in the community

Today the HOBART City Council Parks and Customer service committee will consider Alderman Marti Zucco’s proposal for a Healthy Hobart program to help Hobart ‘get healthy’ and to provide Hobart residents a free one-day gym membership at city-based gyms.

The Healthy Hobart project was an idea developed by Ald Zucco in conjunction with local gym owners, Guy Franklin (Genesis), and Rick Cazaly (Cazaly Sports) who have agreed to participate in the Healthy Hobart program to provide all Hobart ratepayers and residents with a one-day evaluation (where available) and gym membership.

Alderman Zucco said that “Since the launch of this proposal a number of other service providers have expressed an interest in being part of this program and it encouraging seeing that the Hobart based providers are jumping on board”

This will provide residents with an opportunity to sample a gym or other facility and decide which may suit their needs. At the same time it would go a long way to promoting Hobart as Healthy Australian City.

Alderman Zucco said that he is hopeful that the Council committee will support a report to consider a Healthy Hobart project partnering with Hobart-based fitness centers and other providers. It will be an ideal way for Hobart residents to sample what type of establishment suits their personal needs.

“With Council support this proposal could eventually make Hobart the Healthy Capital of Australia. The Healthy Hobart project may encourage other municipalities to take this concept on board so that we can collectively work towards Tasmania becoming “The Healthy State.”

Ald Zucco said the Healthy Hobart program would also assist small to medium businesses in the City of Hobart through a program developed by Rick Cazaly, (Up There Cazaly program) to help small/medium business develop a work-health coaching program for their staff.

“This is an opportunity for Council to reinforce the importance of how a healthy lifestyle improves the well-being of its residents,” Ald Zucco said.
Alderman Marti Zucco