COMING AND GOING

[+] LA FITNESS opened at Wynnewood Village in December. The 34,000-squarefoot gym features cardio machines, strength machines, a Crossfit-style training area, free weights, an aerobics and dance studio, a cycling studio and three-lane lap pool. Memberships cost $20-$50 a month depending on the options you want and how much you can pay upfront. This is the second big-box gym to open in Oak Cliff this year. 24 Hour Fitness opened on Fort Worth Avenue in July.

[+] ANN’S HEALTH FOOD CENTER & MARKET plans to open a new store at 2550 W. Red Bird Lane. General manager Ryan Muchrath says Ann’s is taking a space that’s just 2,500 square feet, and they envision it as a “healthy convenience store” with vitamins and supplements, some groceries, a smoothie bar and grab-and-go sandwiches and salads. If this smaller concept works, then the family owned company wants to expand it throughout the Dallas area. The store could open as soon as Jan. 1. The first Ann’s opened in Oak Cliff in 1984. Now there are two — the one on Zang and one in Waxahachie.

[-] SMALL BREWPUB closed its doors in December after five years in business at Jefferson Tower. “Our lease is up here on Jefferson Boulevard, and we’ve decided not to renew,” reads a statement on their Facebook page. The brewpub’s last day was Dec. 7, also their fifth anniversary.

[+] AMEGY BANK

is coming to the site of the original Gloria’s restaurant on West Davis at Llewellyn, across from Bolsa. Gloria’s moved to Fire Station No. 15 in Bishop Arts in January 2010. Construction began on a new building at the Llewellyn site about a year and a half ago. The Houston-based bank announced its expansion into southern Dallas last year.

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Joyce Florist demolished its Atomic Age building on South Hampton in August. The florist moved into the former Dairy Mart building in 1971, and its new building, featuring a glass- enclosed pavilion, is under construction. Find this photo by Danny Fulgencio on Instagram, @OakCliffAdvocate

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Bringing Blackland Back

A group of 10 scouts and five adults spent a weekend in November clearing invasive grasses at Twelve Hills Nature Center, hauling away 21 contractor bags full of the unwanted vegetation. Besides that, they planted native Texas grasses and wildflowers. Spencer Burke (back row, far right), a 15-year-old sophomore at St. Mark’s School of Texas, organized the work weekend with Boy Scouts Troop 577.