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Bendites have a new place to work out indoors, with the opening of the long-awaited Larkspur Community Center: Home of the Bend Senior Center. Bend Park and Recreation District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 2, and the Center officially opened April 5. Larkspur, located in east Bend off 15th Street and Reed Market Road, once only housed the much-smaller Bend Senior Center.

Now, attached to the original facility is a 5,000-square-foot warm-water pool that features a current channel, hot tub and bubble benches, as well as a unique pool lift for those accessing the water in a wheelchair. The upstairs of the Center includes a walk/jog track, an 8,000-square-foot fitness center and several fitness rooms with maple-sprung floors. Due to COVID restrictions, the Bend Senior Center portion of the building is currently closed for social activities—though fitness classes remain open.

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With the opening of Larkspur comes a temporary closure of the fitness rooms at Juniper Swim and Fitness Center in midtown Bend, where an indoor pool renovation project is currently underway. Juniper’s indoor/outdoor 50-meter pool remains open. BPRD plans to reopen the other facilities at Juniper in mid-June.

Since COVID restrictions remain in place, BPRD recommends people make a reservation for classes and other activities at both facilities. Reservations can be booked up to 15 minutes before an activity takes place, with drop-in slots available by checking in with welcome desk staff.

Larkspur Community Center: Home of the Bend Senior Center
Open Mon-Fri 7am-8pm; Sat 8am-6pm; Hours subject to change
1600 SE Reed Market Road., Bend
541-388-1133
Reserve classes at bendparksandrec.org

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New Community Center Now Open in Bend

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 7, 2021

<h1>New Community Center Now Open in Bend</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 7, 2021</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">B</span>endites have a new place to work out indoors, with the opening of the long-awaited Larkspur Community Center: Home of the Bend Senior Center. <a href="https://www.bendparksandrec.org/" target="_blank">Bend Park and Recreation District</a> held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 2, and the Center officially opened April 5. Larkspur, located in east Bend off 15th Street and Reed Market Road, once only housed the much-smaller Bend Senior Center. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/outside2.1-fc8f771364a15a5e.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/outside2.1-fc8f771364a15a5e.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-47137" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Larkspur's state-of-the-art wheelchair lift in the pool area is the only one in North America, Center staff said.</figcaption></figure> <p>Now, attached to the original facility is a 5,000-square-foot warm-water pool that features a current channel, hot tub and bubble benches, as well as a unique pool lift for those accessing the water in a wheelchair. The upstairs of the Center includes a walk/jog track, an 8,000-square-foot fitness center and several fitness rooms with maple-sprung floors. Due to <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/DHS/COVID-19/Pages/LTC-Facilities.aspx" target="_blank">COVID restrictions</a>, the Bend Senior Center portion of the building is currently closed for social activities—though fitness classes remain open. </p> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-border fdn-in-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related</h3> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/outside2.2-06fb00cfbf952b66.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/outside2.2-06fb00cfbf952b66.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-47140" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The fitness center includes an indoor walking/jogging track, as well as fitness equipment users can sync with an app to track fitness data.</figcaption></figure> <p> With the opening of Larkspur comes a temporary closure of the fitness rooms at Juniper Swim and Fitness Center in midtown Bend, where an indoor pool renovation project is currently underway. Juniper's indoor/outdoor 50-meter pool remains open. BPRD plans to reopen the other facilities at Juniper in mid-June. </p> <p> Since COVID restrictions remain in place, BPRD recommends people make a reservation for classes and other activities at both facilities. Reservations can be booked up to 15 minutes before an activity takes place, with drop-in slots available by checking in with welcome desk staff. </p> </p> <h5 class="content_h5"> <p> <b>Larkspur Community Center: Home of the Bend Senior Center<br /> Open Mon-Fri 7am-8pm; Sat 8am-6pm; Hours subject to change<br /> 1600 SE Reed Market Road., Bend<br /> 541-388-1133<br /> Reserve classes at <a href="http://bendparksandrec.org" target="_blank">bendparksandrec.org</a></b> </p> </h5> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/outside2.3-cdb812c1068473ab.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/outside2.3-cdb812c1068473ab.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-47136" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A sculpture outside the Larkspur center, titled "Time," by Carol Gold, curated by Bend's Art in Public Places group.</figcaption></figure> </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/new-community-center-now-open-in-bend-14402929/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=47132&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/new-community-center-now-open-in-bend-14402929/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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