Recently the West Valley City Family Fitness Center celebrated its ten year anniversary. Ten year anniversaries are usually celebrated with gifts of tin or aluminum, but the the only medal I was concerned with on the night of the celebration gathering was gold, as in a gold medal in the Fitness Center Pentathlon. The event was well attended and I spoke with many members of the community that have utilized the Fitness Center since the grand opening to keep in shape. I am amazed at how well everything in the Fitness Center has been maintained. There is still a brand new look and feel to the equipment and facilities and it even still has that new building smell, in certain hard to find empty spaces. it has been a great addition to our community and is often looked to by other municipalities and recreation agencies as a good model to emulate. In fact soon a small delegation from New York will visit the center to get some ideas to take back to their home state in hopes of building a similarly successful center. At the end of the celebration the City Council team was victorious in the pentathlon and I took home a medal in commemoration of the good times had by all.
