MAYBE THEY SHOULD GO THERE... The trials and tribulations of trying new things

BY KRISTINE ROBERSON MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

Remember when you first moved in to your home? The excitement of decorating and placing furniture just so, and of course, the plans for the Christmas Tree...

And then move-in day comes along, and your perfect plans of furniture placement go less than perfect. Nevertheless, after a few tries at placement options, you came up with the perfect layout — one that fits your family perfectly today.

Such is the case with the fitness center.

Some of you newer to the Club may not remember, but construction on our fitness center completed in April 2020 — just in the nick of time to shut it down for covid restrictions. The center’s entire first year of operation was ... empty. When we were finally able to fully open the center, things went smoothly.

Until they didn’t. It seems some of our family is outgrowing our original layout, specifically with the weight equipment.

We attempted to fix the congestion at the weights by moving the weights into the under-utilized spin room, only to hear from our members that this was not the right solution. So, we are moving the weights back into the main room.

No big deal. We are simply rearranging the living room to find the best placement of furniture for our family today. You can rest assured that we are listening to our members who most use the fitness center and are hearing you.

Thank you for your patience.

We want to acheive three main objectives with the placement of equipment at the fitness center:

1. The flow of members and workouts makes sense

2. The congestion is minimized

3. All square footage is maximized.

This means we are also looking at the usage of the spin room, and looking at possible solutions.Can we use part of that room for another exercise modality? Can we incorporate virtual classes to encourage members to use the room and its equipment at any time, not just for the occassional spin class?

Our plan is to continue to evaluate the center usage and the equipment, and try new things. Afterall, the only failure is not trying any solution at all.

What are your ideas? We would love to hear them!

What’s New in Tennis

It’s no secret we’ve been needing repairs to the tennis courts for quite a while now. In its last meeting, the Board of Directors discussed enacting an ongoing maintenance plan for the tennis courts. The plan will stagger repair work on the courts, repairing a one to three courts each year. This is a great plan, because it reduces the large financial bill to the Club, and also puts the courts on a maintenance schedule much like the golf courses have. The court we are looking to repair first is Court 1, as it is in the most need of repairs. Next year, we will repair two to three other courts, followed by repairing the remainder o f courts in 2025.

With the average court life at five to seven years, we should be able to take a couple of years off of repair projects for the courts before revisiting the maintenance round again.

We’re already in talks with a company to perform repairs on Court 1 as soon as the weather is warm enough to start!

Upcoming Tennis Events

Mark your calendars!

Apr 29: Easter Round Robin noon-3

May 13: Mother’s Day Round Robin 9am-noon

June 3: Summer Kickoff Round Robin 9am-noon

June 16: Beer, Balls & Barbecue 9am-noon