Blue Shield of California, a health insurance provider, opened its new service center Monday, Oct. 27, in the Reynolds Ranch development in southeast Lodi.
Blue Shield Vice President Bob Novelli, right, thanked City officials for their
work to keep Blue
Shield in Lodi. Blue Shield had considered moving its Lodi operations to another
community before![Blue Shield interior](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112193001im_/http://www.lodi.gov/images/BlueShield_interior.jpg)
deciding to remain in
Lodi.
Roughly 80 employees
moved into the new
service center Oct. 27.
The building is the first
in Lodi certified for
environmentally friendly
features. About 900
workers will be in the
building in November. The new facility could evenutally hold 1,500 employees. |