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1. Bringing Fitness Outdoors
Ponchatoula Adult Fitness Center
Receives Award for Innovation
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Posted: Sunday, August 7, 2016 12:30 am |
Updated: 5:15 am, Sun Aug 7, 2016.
BY TORI PAJARES reporter@hammondstar.com
Not even a year after it first opened,
the Wellness Plaza at Kiwanis Park
in Ponchatoula has received its first
award.
The Louisiana Municipal Association
awarded the Ponchatoula Wellness
Plaza with the Community Development Award for the 2015 Most Innovative Project in
the State for cities with populations of 3,000 to 10,000.
The Wellness Plaza began as a small spark at the Art Station and became a reality
when it opened to the public Dec. 11. The centerpiece is a state of the art Motion
Wellness System which includes 18 exercises to help adults strengthen their balance
and coordination.
Completed in a record six-month period, the Wellness Plaza was made possible by 32
local businesses and service organizations that donated $65,000.
Mayor Bob Zabbia said a successful community is based on partnership.
“The city and the businesses embraced it, and we couldn’t have done it without it,”
he said.
The award from the LMA comes at just the right time as the City is embarking on Phase
II of the Wellness Plaza. Planned along the existing walking path that surrounds the
Plaza, Phase II will include four stations that provide higher impact exercise equipment,
a bench, receptacle, light and water fountain.
Zabbia said the second phase will not be as extensive as the first. He hopes to begin
planning in September and to start construction by the end of the year.
The mayor has been contacted by several businesses wishing to help. The Strawberry
Festival Board and Carter Chiropractic have already given donations for the
construction of Phase II.
For more information or to donate, call Rhonda Sheridan, the mayor’s executive
assistant, at 985-386-0741 or Kim Zabbia at the Art Station, 985-386-8815.
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Ponchatoula Adult
Fitness Center
On the opening day of or Wellness
Plaza, senior adults surrounded us with
hugs of appreciation: ‘Thanks for
remembering us!’ and ‘I can really use
this!’ Xccent’s Motion Wellness system
is first class, not only in its safety
features, but also in the company’s
passion for its purpose. The thirty
businesses who partnered with the City
to make this wonderful Plaza possible
are more than thrilled with the Plaza
and its continuous appeal. We are
excited about Phase II of our plan, and
of course Xccent will be a part of it.
Thank you; thank you; thank you!”
Kim Zabbia, First Lady & Plaza Co-Coordinator
City of Ponchatoula, Louisiana

2. ASK THE
EXPERTEXPERT
Selling the Motion Wellness System
In this issue,
Brian Dykhuizen, an
Xccent Fitness Director of
Sales answers a few
questions about fitness
improvement.
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Brian Dykhuizen
Director of Sales, Xccent Fitness
Direct: 651-462-9206
Cell: 320-282-2305
Toll-Free: 800-933-4748
5240 257th Street, Wyoming, MN 55092
bdykhuizen@xccent.biz
Stefan Mathiesen
Account Manager, Xccent Fitness
Direct: 651-462-9207
Toll-Free: 800-933-4748
5240 257th Street, Wyoming, MN 55092
smathiesen@xccent.biz
What are the best markets to promote the Motion
Wellness System in?
1.) Senior Living Communities.
2.) Municipalities.
3.) Multi- Family Housing.
4.) Senior Community Centers.
How to promote the Motion Wellness System?
1.) The Design of the Motion Wellness System is based upon fall
assessment and fall reduction of seniors, while enhancing physical
and cognitive skills and providing a great social setting.
2.) Utilize the catalog and the Motion Wellness brochure to target the
Senior Living Communities and explain the benefits of adding this to
their campus.
3.) Target Landscape Architects to help them spec in Xccent Fitness
outdoor products into their projects.
4.) Manufactured and assemble in the USA.
5.) Adheres to the ASTM guidelines for outdoor exercise equipment.
Thanks to all of you for your dedication to promoting Xccent Fitness outdoor exercise equipment. I feel
and see the momentum Xccent Fitness has in this exploding market of outdoor exercise equipment. I
look forward to hearing your success stories and we will highlight them in our monthly newsletter.