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Recreation‑centers needs assessment finds fitness and aquatics top priorities; board presses staff on South Boulder funding
Summary
A systemwide needs assessment found the strongest community demand for fitness/strength spaces and aquatics; staff recommended preserving core amenities across multiple sites and using the assessment to inform East Boulder renovation work and the city’s Fund Our Future/long‑term financial strategy. PRAB members pressed staff on whether CCRS funds
Megan Lohmann, recreation manager for the department, and Perkins & Will consultant Alex Webster summarized the recreation‑centers needs assessment and how it will inform the planned East Boulder Community Center project and systemwide funding priorities.
The assessment collected thousands of touches of public input across multiple engagement windows and stakeholder events and found that fitness (cardio and strength areas) and aquatics were the top community priorities. The study recommends core amenities (fitness spaces, gymnasium space, aquatics access, and accessible restrooms) be maintained at multiple sites and identifies additional amenities that could be sited at one or two locations…
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