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Presentation of the Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS) State 2023 Recreation Facility Design Excellence Award to the Farmers Branch Community Recreation Center.
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BACKGROUND:
The Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS) annually recognizes outstanding achievements in the Parks and Recreation industry at their state conference. This year, the Farmers Branch Community Recreation Center has earned well-deserved acclaim for its exceptional contributions to the field by winning the TRAPS State 2023 Recreation Facility Design Excellence Award.
DISCUSSION:
Inaugurated in 2004, the Recreation Center has long remained a cornerstone of the Farmers Branch Community. To meet our community's evolving needs, the Recreation Center underwent a comprehensive first-floor renovation in 2020. The renovation's first phase focused on converting an underutilized basketball gym into a state-of-the-art fitness zone. Our team creatively repurposed areas, expanded childcare, and transformed a teen room, allowing members heightened access to our fitness amenities and rental spaces. Notably, this added 11,100 square feet of fitness space without physical expansion; the first phase of the renovation earned its own regional TRAPS Facility Design Excellence Award in 2021. The second phase of the renovation focused on updating the second floor to measure up to the newly created atmosphere of the Recreation Center’s first floor.
Because of the Recreation Center team’s vision, creativity, and unique approach to developing solutions, both phases of the renovation maximized space and efficiency. The result is a successful revitalization of a treasured resource in our community that serves Farmers Branch families.