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Within the heart of a true athlete, the passion for sport only grows over time, and nothing represents that better than these 14 residents of Willow Valley Communities (13 are pictured above). All 14 represented Willow Valley at the National Senior Games, held in Minneapolis in July of 2015, competing against 12,000 senior athletes from across the country in events such as tennis, pickleball, swimming, track and field, table tennis and more.
“Each member of Willow Valley’s National Senior Games Team represents the highest possibilities in vitality,” says John Swanson, President of Willow Valley Living, the development and management company for Willow Valley Communities. “Our goal at Willow Valley is to provide programs and opportunities for each resident to create a lifestyle of fitness and vitality—from the person who is starting his or her first exercise program to the most serious athlete.”
Amenities at the 55+ community include many that are fitness-oriented—an 80,000-square-foot Cultural Center featuring a fitness center, aquatics center, and personal trainers, plus a 30,000-square-foot Clubhouse boasting a golf simulator, bowling alley, zero-entry outdoor pool and tennis and pickleball courts.
In addition to the resort-like amenities, the community also offers many additional activities including over 100 groups and clubs. For example, residents can make a splash at kayaking classes in the aquatics center, take advanced photo classes with the camera club, dabble in watercolors with painting classes, pursue musical endeavors and kick up their heels with tap or ballroom dancing.
Willow Valley, established more than 30 years ago, features more than 90 different floor plans, ranging from studio apartments to 3,200-square-foot townhomes. Residents hail from nearly 40 states.
Willow Valley Communities, through its Life Lived Forward philosophy, seeks to encourage residents as they engage together in pursuit of their passions: Staying active, being healthy, traveling, competing and succeeding in living a vibrant life—whatever that looks like for them.
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