About the Center

INFORMATION REGARDING a Fruita Community Center

Let’s be proud in bringing our community a state of the art facility with enough space to satisfy our community’s needs and expected growth. Last November, Fruita citizens rallied and voted to build a Fruita Community Center, passing an increase in city sales and use tax by 1%. A community center will be built with the $15 million. This local campaign will help leverage other grant funding sources. Government and private foundation sources are slated for requests of an additional $805,000. All this to help expand the swimming pool and add space within the community center. Recognizing what a great asset the community center offers, pulling together more funding today will only enhance what will be offered to the Fruita residents for years to come.

Mesa County Libraries will be partnering with the City of Fruita to move and expand their library site to the Fruita community recreation center. Mesa County Libraries would fund all the construction and operations of the library at the community recreation center. Library space would add 7,000 – 10,000 additional square feet.

• For the Community Center:
  • The community recreation center fulfills the recreational needs of youth, adults, and seniors by offering wellness and social spaces.
  • Admission fees are economical to encourage a healthy life style to as many people as possible.
    
    
• The Fruita community recreation center (46,918 square feet), includes:
  
  • Combination leisure / lap pool
  • Outdoor pool (update current pool)
  • Senior areas and spaces
  • Multipurpose meeting rooms
  • Group exercise room
  • Gymnasium
  • Catering kitchen
  • Elevated running track
  • Child sitting room
  • Wellness / fitness space
  • Locker rooms
  • Lobby and office spaces
    

Community Recreation Center
Potential Programming Opportunities and Benefits

Gymnasium

Drop-in Basketball Volleyball
Space for enhanced Basketball and Volleyball Leagues
Space for enhanced gymnastics
Gymnastics birthday parties
Senior Dances
Teen Dances
Indoor Hockey
Indoor Soccer

Aquatics

Senior water exercise classes
Resistance walking in lazy river
Pool parties – birthday, etc.
Maternity exercise classes
Learn to swim program – all year long
Water aerobics
Lap swimming
Masters swim program
Open swim all year long
Outdoor pool updated
Swim team
Diving team
Kayaking Classes
Scuba Classes
Drop slide
Climbing wall in pool
Diving board

Multiuse Rooms

Chamber of Commerce After-hours
Chamber of Commerce Business Expo’s
Library reading program
Job fairs
Senior lunch program (Gray Gourmet)
Arts and Craft classes
Pre-school programs – music, little engineers, little artists, mad scientists, cooking, etc.
Red Cross classes – CPR/FA, lifeguard, baby-sitting, etc.
Photography classes
Cooking classes
Theatre classes
Public rental for conferences, banquets, weddings, dances, HOA meetings, etc.

Wellness Areas

Dance camps / classes – ballet, hip-hop, lyrical, ballroom, jazz/tap, country/western, etc.
Fitness testing / evaluation
Physical therapy (hospital next door)
Aerobics – low and hi-impact, step classes, etc.
Yoga, Pilates, Core classes, etc
Weight loss programs
Running clubs
Cardio
Indoor walking / running track (no bad weather)
Bouldering wall
Machine and free weights
Cheerleading
Baton
Jump Rope
Teen weight lifting program
Youth and adults karate

Seniors

Meeting / gathering space
Billiards
Educational programs
Tax help programs
55 Alive driving programs
Luncheons / Dinners – Thanksgiving / Christmas potlucks
Support Groups – alzheimer’s, caregivers, diabetes, stroke survivors, etc.
Games – Bridge, checkers, Mah Jongg, etc.
Senior Book and Video Library
Silver Sneakers – programs to get and keep seniors active – sit and fit, balancing classes,
Lap Robes – Sewing Group

Special Events

Art Show – in lobby areas
Dive-In Movies
Athletic Tournaments
Gymnastic meets
Halloween / autumn celbrations –haunted house
High school after-prom party – All-night safe zone

General

Summer Day Camp Program
Friday Night at the Rec – Drop-in time for youth to play and socialize
Sports Camps
Special Olympics
Youth Volunteer Programs

Other City of Fruita Opportunities

Free up City Space in:
-Community Services Building - Rec Programs can move out and make way for Police
Department expansion
-Civic Center – Library and Rec Department can move out and make way for additional
meeting rooms and office space

Community Opportunities

Increased quality of life
Healthier lifestyles
Fight obesity
Business development and retention
Bring visitors into Fruita – locally and those traveling through
Indoor place for social interaction
Safe place for kids and families to go
Increase in community pride
A local center for activity – not GJ