Last updated Aug 19, 2024

The Ford Community & Performing Art Center’s Fitness Area will undergo extensive renovations during the month of August. 

These improvements include the installation of new lighting, new lockers, new drinking fountains and bottle-filling stations, new flooring, new fitness equipment—both cardio and strength—and new TVs, and a repurposing of the second level of the gymnasiums into a new, second workout area.

These expansive renovations, coupled with our annual week-long late Aug. closure for Maintenance Week, will result in much of our facility being closed from Aug. 5 through Sept. 2. During this four-week period:

• - The fitness area, both pools, gymnasiums, and elevated jogging track will be closed
• - Center members will be admitted free for either lap or leisure swimming at Ford Wods and Dunworth Pools by presenting their FOB
• - Events in the theater, Lincoln Ballroom, and Studio A will be held as scheduled
• - The Padzieski Art Gallery will continue its normal hours of operation
• - The Service Desk will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• - Senior Services will be open as usual, except for the week of Aug. 26-30, when it will be closed
• - DMC will continue its normal hours of operation
• - Tuesday & Thursday Water Exercise class that meets at 9 a.m. will move to Dunworth Pool, beginning Aug. 6
• - Group Exercise classes in the Studios will continue weekdays only from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Aug. 23. No group exercise classes will be held Aug. 24-Sept 2.
• - The Administrative Office will be closed to the public

As a result of this extensive closure, the monthly member payment for August has been waived, and patrons with three-month, six-month, or 12-month memberships will receive a one-month extension.

Due to the limited number of on-site Group Exercise classes offered from Aug. 5-23 and the related inconveniences of the facility closure during Maintenance Week, monthly Group Exercise members will not be charged for the month of August.

Our Group Exercise members will, however, be able to work out at home during the entire closure through our at-home, virtual, on-demand option, available via the Glofox app. This option gives members access to a library of Les Mills instructor-led workout videos.

Finally, our online option for registering for a membership at The Center will not be available from Aug. 5 through Sept. 5. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Thank you for your understanding and continued patronage.

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