Construction on the building, which is the former location of a South Dallas newspaper, Dallas Weekly, will begin in May.
from 2019, South Dallas has a significantly lower life expectancy than other parts of the city. There are also high rates of hypertension and diabetes.
“If you walk by a gym 10 times in a week, at least one time you’re going to say ‘maybe I should go to the gym,’” Fellows said. “But if there’s no place that even promotes fitness or wellness in your community, then it will no longer be valued because it’s not accessible to you, and that’s what we’re seeing here.”
“We should be able to do something like that for our entire community particularly in South Dallas where there are no fitness opportunities, right, there’s no fitness clubs and in the southern sector, particularly in the Fair Park area,” Yarrell said.
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