{"id":5685,"date":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/heparks-receive-iapd-award\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:48:06","slug":"heparks-receive-iapd-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/heparks-receive-iapd-award\/","title":{"rendered":"HEParks receive IAPD Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 1, 2019 at the IAPD (Illinois Association of Park Districts) Best of the Best Gala, Hoffman Estates Park District won the Best Friend of Illinois Parks Award for the National Fitness Campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/12\/2019-BestFriendofIllinoisParksAward-ForNationalFitnessCampaign-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28052 lazyload\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 293px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 293\/195;\" data-smush-webp-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.heparks.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/2019-BestFriendofIllinoisParksAward-ForNationalFitnessCampaign-2.jpg&quot;}\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of an effort to make world-class fitness free and accessible in beautiful public spaces across the country, the Hoffman Estates Park District (HEParks) has partnered with National Fitness Campaign (NFC) to bring The Fitness Court\u00ae to Fabbrini Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invented by San\nFrancisco-based NFC, the Fitness Court is an outdoor bodyweight circuit\ntraining gym, that supports all-level workouts that can be completed in as\nlittle as 7 minutes a day. Free fitness is taking over the Chicagoland area, as\nHEParks becomes the next to install and launch this state-of-the-art facility!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe district has really invested in\nfitness initiatives with both our indoor and outdoor facilities. This new\nFitness Court at Fabbrini Park joins The Club at Prairie Stone \u2122, Willow Recreation Center &amp; Triphahn\nCenter in promoting healthy lifestyles for our residents and adds a spectacular\noutdoor gym to our exercise amenities,\u201d said Craig Talsma, Executive Director\nof HEParks.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/12\/DSC_1764.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28054 lazyload\" width=\"280\" height=\"186\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/186;\" data-smush-webp-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.heparks.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/DSC_1764.jpg&quot;}\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Fitness Court is\nsuitable for adults (ages 14+) of all fitness abilities and completely free to\nuse. With the free Fitness Court App, available for iOS or Android, users can\ntake classes, learn workout routines and get fit \u2014 all in their own local park!\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 1, 2019 at the IAPD Best of the Best Gala, Hoffman Estates Park District won the Best Friend of Illinois Parks Award for the National Fitness Campaign.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_ecp_custom_2":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16699,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5685\/revisions\/16699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}