In 2019, the Springfield Park District partnered with AARP and FitLot to bring our new outdoor fitness park to the community. 

The Springfield Park District, was selected as the only location in Illinois to construct a fitness park in 2019, representing AARP’s continued commitment to help make communities across the country healthier and more livable places for all.

FitLot is an outdoor fitness park developed by the Springfield Park District, FitLot, and AARP. The new fitness park includes the benefits of exercise training at no cost and is fully accessible to the public. It consists of outdoor fitness stations that are designed to use one’s own body weight as resistance; making each piece of equipment age, gender and ability based.

In 2019, AARP also provided three years of free programming at the fitness park to Springfield residents coordinated by the Springfield Park District and FitLot, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping communities find resources they need to plan, build and program outdoor fitness parks.

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