Englewood oversight committee reviews rec center redesign: more showers, universal locker move and pickleball plans

At the July 24 Oversight Committee meeting in Englewood City, staff summarized community feedback and design changes for the proposed recreation center renovation after a recent public engagement session.

Committee members were told that roughly 50 people visited the design open house the prior week to review conceptual plans and offer comments. Sarah (staff member) said the most consistent responses were requests for benches rather than picnic tables, and for more traditional locker‑room showers rather than shifting too many showers to the pool deck.

Why it matters: the rec center serves multiple user groups — lap swimmers, classes, parents and people with lower mobility — and the design changes would affect access, privacy and safety inside the building as well as how the facility functions for drop‑in and programmed activities.

Staff said the revised plan would move the universal locker room closer…