[Durham INC] Mini fitness parks

[Ellen Reckhow]

When My husband and I were in Paris last spring, we were amazed how many
fitness classes were being held in city parks after work and during the
weekends. There was not usually any special equipment -- just and
instructor.



Ellen Reckhow
Durham County Board of Commissioners
11 Pine Top Place
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 383-3883
www.dconc.gov <http://www.durhamcountync.gov>
www.ellenreckhow.org

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Jack Warman <jack.warman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've seen these in two (very disparate) places, sea-side in Tel Aviv and
> trail-side in Morgantown, WV. I was surprised to see them in Morgantown
> because I'd just assumed that I hadn't ever seen them in the US because
> they were too much of a liability risk.
>
> I think they're great, I'd love to see something like this in Durham parks.
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:12 AM Elizabeth Wilcox <ewilcox at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I saw these in Macao. The cool thing about them is that they appear to be
>> a purpose built for outside.I thought it was a great idea too.
>>
>> Detroit also has free pop up fitness classes--Zumba, yoga, Pilates,
>> etc.-- in their
>> parks downtown that are paid for by some of the local business.  It's
>> pretty cool idea that I would be ripe for Durham.[image: image1.jpeg]
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 24, 2015, at 7:51 AM, Angel Romero <aromero at ibiblio.org> wrote:
>>
>> I was in Malaga (on the Mediterranean coast in southern Spain) last year
>> and saw two of these mini fitness parks that were very popular. There was
>> one right at the seaside walk that my sister and I used. They are owned and
>> maintained by the city. Right next to it there was a city-operated bike
>> rental place. All along the seaside walk you had segregated bike lanes.
>>
>> Angel
>>
>> On 12/24/2015 7:39 AM, Pat Carstensen wrote:
>>
>> This is an interesting idea, tho it's not clear whether they have planned
>> for maintenance
>>
>> http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2015/12/outdoor-exercise-equipment-parks-detroit/421017
>> <http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2015/12/outdoor-exercise-equipment-parks-detroit/421017/?utm_source=nl__link6_122315>
>>
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