“Outdoor fitness parks have the power to create welcoming public spaces for people of all ages and backgrounds to interact with the common purpose of being active, staying strong, and keeping healthy.”
Founder and Executive Director
FitLot launches out of Propeller’s Social Innovation Incubator Program as an organization that was established for the sole purpose of helping communities find the resources they need to plan, build, and program outdoor fitness parks.
FitLot identifies a pilot project in the Treme Neighborhood of New Orleans at the Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center and launches a crowdfunding campaign. 400+ individuals donated over $40,000 to support the creation of a community outdoor fitness park and kickstart FitLot’s first project.
Additional Sponsors like Whole Foods Market, Cox Communications and Blue Cross Blue Shield contributed to the project. 
Saints Punter Thomas Morstead closes the funding gap and the,“What You Give Will Grow FitLot Fitness Park” was built and opened in March 2017.
Landscape Structures, Inc. enters the scene as FitLot’s exclusive equipment provider.
AARP teams up with FitLot to plan the donation, construction and activation of one, “AARP Sponsored Outdoor Fitness Park” in each U.S. State, Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands.
The first 15 Outdoor Fitness Parks sponsored by AARP are built in FL, NH, RI, ME, NY, OH, SD, IL, DE, MS, MD, LA, AL, AZ, TX.
FitLot was founded out of frustration by a father and son who simply couldn’t understand why every neighborhood in America didn’t have their own outdoor fitness park.
The two believed they were uniquely suited to address this problem and in 2012 FitLot was officially launched out of Propeller’s Social Innovation Incubator by Adam Mejerson and his father, Vadim Mejerson, Ph.D.
After a 10 year career as a commanding officer in the IDF, Vadim earned a PhD in Exercise Physiology and for the next 30 years, trained hundreds of individuals from a private fitness facility connected to the Mejerson family home.
Growing up in his father’s fitness facility, Adam always had access to equipment and someone he trusted to teach him how to use it. Adam’s professional background in community development post-Katrina, coupled with his appreciation for fitness, led to the creation of FitLot, a community health solution that he believes has the power to improve the health and quality of life in neighborhoods throughout the country. In 2018 FitLot earned the partnership of the nation’s premier playground equipment manufacturer, Landscape Structures Inc. to produce high-quality public fitness spaces. Their hope is to help as many communities as possible create equitable access to outdoor fitness parks and programming in the years to come.
