The new LA Fitness, which will open soon right next to Edith Macefield’s old house, has blanketed Ballard in flyers encouraging folks to sign up. “There’s a bare mid-riff, hard-hatted, teeth-whitened, hair-lightened blond in contractor apron and work boots by the words: Coming Soon to Ballard!” explains Peggy Sturdivant on her blog, At Large in Ballard. Perturbed that LA Fitness was trying to bring a taste of Los Angeles to Ballard, Peggy called the number on the flyer. She says she ended up speaking with the general manager, and she asked him what would become of the Westlake LA Fitness branch. He said it would “probably” close and those memberships may be transferred over to Ballard. (By the way, this has been the subject of discussion here in our forum.)