Gym for Art Place at Fort Totten?

XSportsFitness has listed a location coming soon to Fort Totten, specifically at South Dakota Avenue & Galloway Street NE.  That of course is the location of the Art Place at Fort Totten development.  The website states that in addition to cardio equipment, the gym will offer a number of amenities such as group fitness classes, pool/whirlpool, sauna, basketball court, personal fitness training, tanning salon, and children’s play area. 

We know that the brokers for Art Place have been targeting a gym (the team has publicly stated interest in a gym and a gym has been pictured in all of the renderings).  We have seen businesses prematurely announce upcoming locations on their websites in the past only to backtrack (here’s looking at Carolina Kitchen/TKO Burger), but we are still posting this here since it is on the company’s website and the representative we spoke to on the phone confirmed that they are in the beginning stages of opening a gym in that location.  One more item to check off our neighborhood wishlist!

Art on 8th Summer Festivities

Art on 8th festivities have started for the summer.  Art on 8th is a co-presentation of Dance Place and Monroe Street Market, offering free arts events on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from May to October.  The festivities take place at venues close to the Brookland metro station, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the neighborhood.  Check out the free events for May and the rest of the summer.  Live jazz, a dance jam, and arts & crafts are on tap for this week.