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ASHEBORO, N.C. -- The City of Asheboro is making progress on turning the Acme-McCrary & Sapona Fitness Center into the citys first community center. <\/p>\n
The Acme-McCrary & Sapona Foundation, Inc. gifted the facility to the City of Asheboro. <\/p>\n
It was built in 1948. <\/p>\n
Over the last several weeks, city crews have started working on some interior issues. <\/p>\n
[Theyve] been taking out some of the old stuff that couldn't be reused, the old bleachers, some old carpeting. It has been quite a process. So far, they have done a great job [to get] a lot of these things out of the way so this new equipment new material can be brought in,\" said Jody Maness, assistant recreation superintendent. <\/p>\n
There are three floors that house a variety of useful amenities including a swimming pool, weight room, a gymnasium, a kitchen and potential office space. <\/p>\n
Our staff people are already trying to determine what kind of classes, educational classes that the public might want and I think were talking about health and wellness education, healthy eating, maybe a cooking class or two, Mayor David Smith said. <\/p>\n
Moving forward, the city says the top priority is a new roof. <\/p>\n
The hope is to have a grand opening for the community center in early 2018. <\/p>\n
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