The fitness centers reopened the doors to the facilities Aug. 31 and Sept. 3, with Palm Ridge Recreation Center, 12800 Deer Valley Drive, allowing patrons in first, then R.H. Johnson Recreation Center, 19803 N. R.H. Johnson Blvd.
You must be a member to read this story.
Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.
Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
The fitness centers reopened the doors to the facilities Aug. 31 and Sept. 3, with Palm Ridge Recreation Center, 12800 Deer Valley Drive, allowing patrons in first, then R.H. Johnson Recreation Center, 19803 N. R.H. Johnson Blvd.
Taking a glance at the numbers provided by Recreation Centers of Sun City West officials, more visitors have frequented Palm Ridge fitness center since the first reopening prior to Gov. Doug Ducey’s state closure of gyms.
A Monday at Palm Ridge Aug. 26, 2019 the facility had 1,086 visitors. The indoor walking track was used by 365 people, the fitness center had 288 people, the spa at 46 and the pool had 282 individuals.
On May 25, which was also a Monday and the first day the facility reopened after the initial spring closure, 181 total people stopped in. The biggest use was in the pool where 110 people checked in, followed by 67 at the fitness center and four at the spa.
On the first Monday of the second reopening Aug. 31, 373 total people visited Palm Ridge with 158 at the pool, 117 at the indoor walking track, 81 in the fitness center, 14 in the spa and three in personal fitness.
Currently, the signup procedure allows for individuals to use a paper sheet at the entrances of the facility doors to reserve a one-hour window of time to exercise in the fitness room for future use.
Reporter Jennifer Jimenez can be reached at jjimenez@newszap.com or follow her on Twitter @SCW_Independent.
I am passionate about sports and community writing and shining the light on positivity, while delivering the facts. I have been with the Independent team for five months, but in the game for 15 years. I am a proud Grand Canyon University alumni. Born and raised in Peoria, I also am blessed to have a street named after me called Jennifer Rose Court.
By 
