Beach Cities Health District announces gym closure, postpones meetings
The Beach Cities Health Districts Center for Health and Fitness will be closed for the next month. File photo The Beach Cities Health District announced Thursday that it will temporarily close its popular Center for Health and Fitness gym and postpone or cancel events until May in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Those closures and cancellations will include all BCHD events, including regular monthly meetings of the BCHD Board of Directors, as well as the upcoming March 19 study session for the district’s planned Healthy Living Campus site redevelopment. The closures and postponements were done in concert with practices urged by state and county public health departments, according to a release issued by the district. “Our efforts are focused on the population that’s at risk: older adults, people with preexisting health conditions, and women who are pregnant,” BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly said, adding that the Health District-owned AdventurePlex — which caters to children, a demographic group that is currently less-susceptible to the effects of the novel coronavirus — will remain open. While the Center for Health and Fitness gym remains closed, CHF instructors…
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