Late last year, National Fitness Partners opened its Ocean City, Maryland, Planet Fitness^® location including a grand opening event. The grand opening included music, games, food, a prize wheel and giveaways, as well as raffles for memberships and swag bundles. Many members of the local community came out to celebrate the grand opening, including Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce and Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce, as well as local government officials.

At the event, the franchise group also donated $1,000 to Ocean City Surf Club, an organization dedicated to supporting the community through scholarships, environmental causes, educational programs and helping area youth. National Fitness Partners donated to this organization because they felt their missions aligned on supporting the local community, environment and youth.

“The best part about opening new clubs is the opportunity to impact a new community and team. We have an incredible opportunity to bring the Planet Fitness brand to a whole new area and what better place than at the beach! Thank you to everyone for all their hard work these last couple of months, especially Bobby, Kelsy and Taylor who have been amazing to work with and brought to life all my crazy ideas,” said Dominique States, area director with National Fitness Partners.

The 14,391-square-foot Planet Fitness Ocean City location features 64 pieces of cardio equipment, an assortment of tanning stations, PF 360, TRX equipment and more. The club started with almost 900 members when it first opened and has grown to more than 2,600 members. National Fitness Partners has 116 locations, with six of those in Maryland.