Architect : Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects
Total Construction Cost : $7.6M
Square Feet : 21,210
Project Description:
In September 2015, senior residents in Keller submitted a petition requesting a new and larger senior activities center, and a bond passed with nearly 68 percent support. The center is a considerable component in meeting the needs of members aged 55 years and older and will continue to support the area’s growing senior population. Along with the facility’s new physical amenities, members rely on recreation programs and events to enhance self-education, community connection and a sense of belonging.
Center amenities include an arts-and-crafts classroom, lounge space with billiards and other gaming, a small fitness room, flexible multipurpose rooms, a kitchen and a courtyard. In addition, a 6,800-square-foot gymnasium, featuring multipurpose flooring, is striped for pickleball (three courts), basketball, volleyball, chair volleyball and other activities.
Since opening, the center has seen membership increase by 60 percent, surpassing 35,000, and serves more than 190 seniors each working day. In just nine months, the schedule added 67 unique programming events, providing health and wellness classes and components, arts-and-crafts instruction, educational presentations, trips, meals, special-interest programs and events, and more.
