City parks and recreation staff on Oct. 21 presented annual activity and operating data for the Colleyville Recreation Center and Senior Center, reporting high usage and several proposed operational changes.

Chris Crozier, parks and recreation manager, said the recreation center — which opened in August 2024 — saw more than 77,000 visitors in the past fiscal year. "Memberships, those are all Colleyville residents," Crozier noted, and staff said the center recorded roughly 800 resident memberships and about 800 guest visits tied to resident hosts.

Cody Ashton, senior center supervisor, said the senior center had more than 13,000 visitors and sold over 800 memberships. Ashton said membership scans at the senior center exceeded 11,000, reflecting frequent repeat usage. The senior center offered more than 250 individual programs over the year, Ashton said, and programs such as day trips and Meals on Wheels are especially popular.

Britney Strickland, recreation center supervisor, and other staff highlighted program details: the recreation center ran roughly 850 programs (excluding summer camp), hosted 52 summer camps that served nearly 1,000 participants, and accommodated almost 100 nonprofit group bookings with approximately 1,700 attendees. Staff said pickleball programming had 230 annual participants and is offered six days a week; weekly open ping‑pong programming averages about 40 adult players.

Staff described additional initiatives under consideration, including combining senior center and recreation center residential memberships to allow eligible users access to both facilities, shortening outdoor court rental lead times now that the facility is staffed seven days a week, increasing social media presence for programs, and evaluating fitness equipment needs after receiving customer feedback.

Staff also thanked volunteers and partners. Ashton said Metro Ford Meals on Wheels serves meals the first and third Friday of each month at the senior center, serving more than 80 lunches per event with volunteer support; staff also acknowledged local partner groups including the Colleyville chapter of NCL and the Grapevine Table Tennis Club for programming partnerships.

Next steps: staff will continue planning special events and program expansions, refine outdoor court rental procedures, and develop a proposal to combine membership access between the recreation center and the senior center for council consideration.