Fit City

How to Be a Fit City

Kennesaw is promoting community health and fitness with a new website, a kick-off celebration this Saturday and several upcoming events.

The City of Kennesaw's community-wide Fit City health initiative officially kicks off this Saturday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ben Robertson Community Center. The event coincides with this week's launch of FitCityKennesaw.com. The new website, which includes health and fitness blogs, a calendar of fit-friendly events and a link to an American Heart Association program that allows participants to track their fitness stats and progress, is part of the city's year-long effort to turn Kennesaw into "Fit City, USA." “Our Fit City website is available to everyone, whether they attend the kickoff event or not,” said Councilmember Cris Welsh. “We hope people will use it to help them get started on the road to better fitness and health…

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Gaetana Pipia

6:02 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012

Great, Donna. Hopefully, we can keep each other on track!   more ›

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