Brevard, NC – A new 12,000 square foot Activity and Wellness Center has opened at the gated master planned community Connestee Falls in Brevard, NC. The facility is open daily to members and their registered guests and offers a variety of fitness programs, classes and treatment opportunities led by a team of in-house trainers.
"We are ushering in a new era for wellness and more with this state-of-the-art facility for our members," said Connestee Falls Property Owners Association (CFPOA) General Manager Jim Whitmore. "The center expands our lineup of recreational facilities offering a wide selection of training equipment and activity rooms to enhance the programming already provided by our wellness team."
The new center is a dramatic upgrade from the current fitness facility, which occupied a small space in the community clubhouse located directly across from the new Activity & Wellness Center. The Activity and Wellness Center is a two-story building featuring lobby and gathering spaces, exercise equipment, activity rooms, meeting rooms, floor exercise/classroom equipped for online interactive exercise and learning, restrooms with showers, and outdoor pavilion, classroom area and an amphitheater.
“This culminates a community-wide initiative that started with reviewing similar facilities in like-kind communities, gathering input from across our members in a series of surveys and focus groups, and extensive preliminary work by our resident volunteer Facilities Planning Committee,” said Whitmore. “All that effort now comes to fruition with the opening of our first major addition in several years to the already expansive recreational opportunities with Connestee Falls.”
The Center includes a wide variety of fitness equipment and training rooms on the first floor with strength, functional training, cardio, stretch equipment and a large multipurpose room. Upstairs features another large activity room plus several meeting rooms for resident clubs and organizations activities.
Fitness professionals provide individual programs, group exercise classes and one-on-one instruction. A full-time Certified Personal Trainer is on hand for individual training and to facilitate physician-specified pre/post-operative exercise programs. Group classes include several styles of yoga, stretch and balance, water aerobics, total body workout, body weight training, floor work and tai chi. Classes are held in the center's dedicated exercise studio as well as outside at the Atagahi Park pavilion and at the community swimming pool.
The center is equipped with a circuit of “Selectorized” strength training machines. Also available are a series of free-weights, adjustable benches, cable pulleys and a selection of balance, stability and core trainers. Members enjoy top-of-the-line cardio equipment including treadmills, elliptical trainers, exercise bikes and more. All cardio equipment features touch-sensitive heart rate monitors and display screens with “personal” profile and entertainment capabilities.
Connestee Falls is a gated master planned mountain community established in 1971 and owned and operated by its residents. It encompasses approximately 3,900 acres with half the land set aside in conservation and nature areas. There are extensive recreational amenities in addition to the new center including a championship golf course, 26,000 square foot clubhouse, four stocked lakes, parks, tennis center, pickleball center, bocce ball courts, large lap pool and over 20 miles of private hiking trails. Learn more at https://connesteefalls.com/ or call the Property Owners Association office at (800) 537-2001.
