VIDEO: New Outdoor Gym Opens at Gum Springs Community Center

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Members of the community joined Park Authority representatives, project team members, as well as officials at a ribbon cutting for the new Outdoor Fitness Gym at Gum Springs Community Center on Saturday, June 18.

Outdoor fitness gyms provide high-quality exercise equipment similar to what is found in an indoor fitness center, but the equipment is located outdoors and is free for the public to use during daylight hours. Equipment is grouped together and designed to make exercise fun and social to encourage users to work out longer and more often to improve their fitness and health.

This new fitness spot in Gum Springs was built by the Fairfax County Park Authority in partnership with the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services. Partial funding was provided by a grant submitted by the Fairfax County Park Foundation from Greenfields Outdoor Fitness.

PHOTO: Pictured, along with other members of the community, from left to right: Sharon Arndt, Director of Community Health Development & Preparedness at the Fairfax County Health Department; Mike Slifer with Metro Recreation; Katina Matthews, Service Area Manager for Department of Neighborhood and Community Services; Dawn Lucas, Vice President of the Gum Springs Advisory Board; community member Yvonne Little-Walton; Chris Leonard, Director of the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services; Evan Braff, Regional Manager for Department of Neighborhood and Community Services; Andrea Dorlester, Park Authority Project Manager; Aimee Vosper, Deputy Director of the Park Authority; Mt. Vernon District Supervisor Daniel G. Storck; community member Betty Graves; Pallas Washington, Regional Manager for Department of Neighborhood and Community Services; and Park Authority Board Member Linwood Gorham, Mt. Vernon District. Photo courtesy of Fairfax County

Watch a video of the opening here: