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MAUI 55+ center highlights equipment, accessibility upgrades and an age-friendly action plan
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Senior services manager Nancy Baum briefed the Englewood Parks and Recreation Commission on 2025 facility upgrades at the MAUI 55+ recreation center — new cardio and weight equipment, flooring, lighting and an EV charger — and described a community-driven age-friendly action plan underway with a consultant.
Nancy Baum, senior services manager for Englewood City, told the Parks and Recreation Commission that the MAUI 55+ recreation center completed multiple facility upgrades in 2025 and is moving forward on an age-friendly action plan.
"We're a 55 plus recreation center. Connection is at the core of everything we do here," Baum said, outlining recent improvements that included new cardio equipment, a remodeled front desk, impact-friendly flooring, larger TVs in the fitness area and an EV charger in the repaved west parking lot. She said staff also built an advanced training room by removing a wall and installing mirrors and new weight equipment.
Baum said the center will close part of its ballroom for a subfloor replacement expected to take more than two weeks and that staff plan further equipment upgrades (circuit equipment) and movable furniture to increase programming flexibility. "We knocked out a wall, put in mirrors, all new weight training equipment," she said of recent work.
On planning, Baum said MAUI has partnered with consultant Aging Dynamics to develop a 3–5‑year age-friendly action plan driven by community input. The process, she said, is about halfway complete and includes surveys, focus groups and town halls; the survey will remain open through April. The action plan will map stakeholders, estimate financial impacts and create an implementation road map for priorities such as transportation, aging-in-place retrofits and resource navigation.
Commission chair Emma Wood and other members praised the upgrades and the outreach approach, with Wood noting staff availability for tours and follow-up. Baum also said staff are exploring intergenerational programming tied to the mural project; if the elementary school artist wins the city vote, students would help create the mural and visit the center.
The commission did not take a formal vote on the action plan at the meeting; Baum said she will return with updates as engagement and financial evaluation continue.
