There has been $16 million worth of improvements made to the Northwest Activities Center, and the Detroit Recreation Department is excited for the public to get an eyeful of all the work that has been done.
The grand opening will be celebrated on November 9 at 12:30 with special guests Mayor
Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Detroit Recreation Department Director Loren S.
Jackson, and Northwest Activities Center Executive Director Ronald
Lockett. The entire center open for tours until 8 p.m. that day.
Renovations have been made to the health club, swimming pool,
racquetball and squash courts, locker rooms and steam and sauna rooms. The health club has new equipment, including elliptical machines, treadmills, bicycles, stair masters and a rowing machine. There is also strength equipment, both machines and free weights.
The center also has eight meeting spaces that are equipped for groups of eight up to 100. There is a ballroom with capacity for 250 and a 488-seat theater. Several city services are now housed at the center, with the Recreation Department, Senior Citizens Department and Neighborhood City
Hall having moved in post-renovation.
Use of the center is free for youth Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Health club memberships are available ranging from $100 for seniors up to $600 annually for a family.
The Northwest Activities Center is located at 18100 Meyers. It is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
and Sunday from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Source: Jennifer Roberts, Detroit Recreation Department
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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