As the University Student Recreation Complex nears its 20th anniversary, it received a facelift over the summer.
Interior and exterior renovations have been made to the building, including a reconfiguration of the front desk, the addition of new eco-friendly water fountains and a redesign of the pool deck.
According to Brad Wilson, UREC associate director of operations and project management, both projects began June 21 and were completed this week.
The last bit of work taking place is landscaping, which Scott Belanger, UREC assistant director of marketing, said is expected to be completed by Monday.
Wilson said the exterior entrance had not been touched since the building’s opening in 1992. Now, the barriers from the old design have been removed. Wilson said this makes the entrance more inviting from every angle.
Wilson also said the exterior project reconfigured the staff parking lot, created a service parking lot to decrease cars by the entrance and added parking to the “X” lot and residential lot across the street. The project also modified the pool deck to be more spacious.
Wilson said the interior was renovated in 2005, but changes still needed to be made to have “front line operations contained in one participants.”
Classes included zumba, boot camp class, walk-run circuit around the lake and beach body blast.
“We are moving forward,” Breeden said. “It’s a trend we hope to needs.”
Business finance freshman Wesley McCord said the new design is more convenient.
“It’s an all-around better setting,” McCord said.
 
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