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If you’re looking for a place in Spring Hill to work out, my wife and I opted for the Longview Rec Center. It’s the county rec center for our area. As of this posting, it’s still a very new facility. We’ve been members there a couple of years, and I believe we joined the 2^nd year it was open.

It’s in an unusual location. If you don’t have a child in Longview Elementary school, you’d probably never drive by it. It’s located next to the elementary school inside the Wakefield subdivision. If you’re traveling from Hwy 31 on duplex rd. Wakefield only has one entrance on the left. Once you turn into the subdivision, keep going straight until you get to the back of the neighborhood, and you’ll dead end at the entrance to the rec center.

It’s reasonably priced as far as gyms go. The following rates apply for people who live in the city limits of Spring Hill or within Williamson County. You can get a 10 or 30 visit punch card (not valid for outdoor pool) at $20 and $60 respectively, or you can purchase yearly at $150/year for a single person and $225/year for a couple or family. The yearly passes are also good at other rec centers throughout Williamson County, and seniors even get more of a discounts off these rates.

Being the nerd I am, I did do the math about which is the better way to pay. 30 visits at $60 = $2 a visit. My wife and I would get the $225 yearly plan. $225/2 = 113. In other words, we would need to visit more than 113 times a year to make the yearly plan a better deal. Keep in mind that either one of us visiting counts as a visit, and if we both went together, it would count as two visits. So, the 113 is about 57 visits for me and 57 visits for my wife. In other words, if we both go a little more than once a week on average, the yearly plan is a better deal, so that’s the one we went with.

The only drawback for the rec center is its hours:

Monday-Friday 5:00am-9:00pm

Saturday 8:00am-6:00pm

Sunday 1:00pm-6:00pm

I suppose these are reasonable hours. I used to belong to a 24 hour gym in Franklin, but you can’t beat Longview for the price and location.

Sometimes it can seem like there’s nothing fun to do, especially if you’re new in town. I can sympathize because I hate that feeling. Here’s a list of activities that are going on in March:

• Adult Indoor Soccer And Flag Football
• Adult Softball
• Adult Volleyball Leagues
• Table Tennis
• Winter Racquetball Ladder
• Indoor/Outdoor Tennis League Registration
• March Tennis Lessons At The Longview Rec Center
• Parris Island Bootcamp
• Polynesian Dancing
• Scale Down – A free community weight loss education and support group.
• Roth IRA Conversion Class
• Estate Planning Class
• Jewelry Fundamentals
• Introductory Stained Glass
• Flower Of The Month Floral Arranging
• Open Glass Studio
• Advanced Knitting
• The Magic Of Flowers
• Basic Portrait Drawing
• Floral Arranging
• Acrylic Painting

If it sounds like a class, then it probably has a fee, but most of them are really reasonable. All this information comes from the Longview Rec Centers monthly newsletter. Unfortunately, it’s a little hard to find on their website. Here’s the link for more info: http://www.wcparksandrec.com/template/images/longview.pdf

I used to be a distance runner, but I just don’t know how I used to find the time. For you running enthusiasts who still manage to find the time, Spring Hill does have a yearly 5k called the Grey Ghost. In addition to the race, there’s a small race course and other Halloween themed activities for the kids. This year it will be on Oct 30^th. For more info see: http://www.greyghost5k.com

I want all my clients with children to know about Movies in the Park nights. It’s a great opportunity for your kids to make friends, especially if you’ve just moved here. I’m an old Army brat and remember that it was tough to make friends in new places. If you move here in the summer, as most people do, then these events will be a great way for your kids to mingle before they start school.

Movies in the Park is put on by the City of Spring Hill Parks and Recreation service. It was originally sponsored solely by Charter Communications, who rented all the equipment and movies for the event. They would host the events all summer long and stop when it started to get cold.

Due to the slow economy, Charter has pulled back their support a little bit, so Kevin Fischer, the director of Spring Hill’s Parks and Recreation service, found several new sponsors for the event and purchased all the equipment that they had been renting. Since the city now owns all the equipment, Movies in the Park will be able to continue indoors during the cold months.

Movies in the Park nights are on the 4^th Sat. of every month during the summer. The pre-movie activities start at 5:00 pm in Harvey Park in Spring Hill. It’s really quite a production including, “live music, games, inflatables, kids karaoke, free food and much more.” It’s also completely free, but the city does ask they you bring a non-perishable food item or make a donation to The Well food bank.

Please check www.springhilltn.org/movienight.htm for confirmation of dates and movie titles. The last event for Summer ’09 was the Halloween showing of “Igor” on Oct. 24^th. I’ll post again once an indoor location and schedule are provided for the Winter.