1. River place improvement committee
Report to the owners association board January 2013

2. Project scope Increase EC usability and appeal
Determine what improvements to the EC are important to residents
Update:
Floor coverings
Paint
Equipment
Layout
Furniture
Implement maintenance plan
Improve communication / signage

3. Original Design Envisioned:
Less equipment
More expensive machines and minimal inexpensive free weights
Open plan – no built in benches or shelves
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With minimal updates, the EC layout supports:
Duplication of the most popular equipment
Additional equipment that residents have requested

4. Ec potential

5. Data collection Staff recorded usage in various areas for 30 days
Staff provided multi-purpose room rental history for several months
Suggestions solicited in writing at the EC water cooler for several months
Online survey conducted among North building residents and owners

6. MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM USAGE by reservation
Reservations by Time of Day
16 reservations over 10 months
Reservations increased after price was decreased
Averaging 2 reservations per month

7. Overall EC usage on a Friday when the multi-purpose room (Movie Theater) was reserved

8. EC usage – multipurpose room reserved
Overall EC usage on a Monday when the multi-purpose room (Movie Theater) was not reserved

9. Survey results
1. How often do you use the River Place Entertainment Center (gym, billiards, ping pong, foosball, steam room, sauna, locker rooms, and the multi-purpose room)?
52% Regular users
30% Casual users
18% Non-users

10. Survey results
2. Overall, are you satisfied with your experience using the Entertainment Center, neither satisfied or dissatisfied with it, or dissatisfied with it?
59% Satisfied
32% Neutral
9% Dissatisfied

11. Survey results
3. Please tell us about your experience with wait times at the Entertainment Center.
More wait times reported
than anticipated

12. Survey results
4. What features of the Entertainment Center are important to you?
Everything is important
Highest importance correlates with highest wait times reported

13. THE SOLUTION

14. Floors and walls Update floor coverings Use gym floor on lower level
Replace carpet on upper level
Patch and paint
Add mirrors along entire free weight area

15. Update layout and equipment
Move ping pong and foosball to multi-purpose room
Remove:
Bookcase
Built-in benches
Wall between men’s locker room and sauna
Add:
Elliptical machines, bikes, and rowing machine
Updated/additional resistance machines
Additional free weights
Mats, medicine balls, pull-up bar
Furniture in multi-purpose room and foyer

16. Equipment list 2 new cross-trainers, iPod compatible
Cable cross-over station
Power cage
Kettlebell set
Medicine balls
Wireless FM transmitters and receivers
Chin-up and dip bars
Mats for stretching
More

17. PROJECT SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
Data Collection
January Design
February 2013 Quotes
March 2013 Construction
April Develop Maintenance Plan and make post-implementation adjustments
May Project complete

18. Maintenance plan Equipment numbered and labeled
User feedback mechanism with accountability
Usage monitoring (machines do this automatically)
Machine rotations
Regular maintenance

19. Potential future improvements
New programming in multi-purpose room:
Classes
Redskins games
Partition multi-purpose room
Re-design foyer to enable social usage
Swimming pool updates in resort spa style
Improve website so content does not become stale
Make pedestrian area in center of property into Main Street River Place with streetscape improvements: planters, lighting, seating…