Wellness Experience
At the heart of sustainability, is the well-being of the patrons both present and future. Cherokee Community Village understands this and believes that as part of its mission; people should be able to engage in both indoor and outdoor physical recreation. The master plan provides for numerous opportunities to achieve this wellness lifestyle program.
Running / Walking Tracks – The park provides miles of jogging and running track opportunities. The layouts of the paths allow for quick 1⁄2 mile walks up to numerous mile runs. By color coding each path with way finding, the village can establish routes that have specific lengths. In addition to the mile tracking each of the paths are planned so that they tour the patrons around the park, through botanical gardens, and past many of the park’s main amenities. The beauty of the system, is that while a mother or father brings a child to a soccer practice they have the access to miles of trails that allow them to turn the 45 minutes of standing and waiting into a time that benefits their health.
In addition, the design team is currently looking into the most advanced recycled surfaces to minimize environmental impact, while providing a surface that functionally is easier on the joints of the users. This attention to detail is the holistic approach that Cherokee Community Village is founded on.
Through technology the park can instantly link and track an individual’s heartrate, distance, average speed, caloric burn etc. Cherokee Community Village envisions being able to provide this information to its members so that they can see and understand the benefits that activity has on their life and is empowered to take control of their own wellness.
Fit Links – Cherokee Community Village recognizes the opportunity for outdoor fitness and is embracing the next generation of park programming. Along the miles of trails, Fit Links will be established that blend with the natural beauty of the botanical surroundings. The Fit Links are stations where joggers can quickly move off the path to a “Fit Link” that has permanent exercise stations. This outdoor equipment stations will have Ab stations, Chest and Back Stations, Leg Stations, etc, etc. With the advent of Cross Fit, and station driven fitness programming, Cherokee Community Village is taking this to a completely new level where people can engage in outdoor programming versus being confined to interior space.
Fit Meadows – Carefully planned and spaced throughout the park are small “Fit Meadows”. These are areas where small group classes can be held outdoors. Imagine as local residences take their dogs for a morning walk through the park and they pass a Tai-Chi class tucked quietly into beautifully landscaped “Fit Meadow”, a Zumba Class in the Amphitheater or a Sunrise Yoga Class held under a Canopy of Wisteria in the Wedding Gardens. Cherokee Community Village’s goal is to connect more people to wellness, and the Fit Meadows are opportunities for everyday park users to see new and exciting program offerings that they may have been intimidated to try, in a setting that is welcoming and beautiful.
Healthy Choices – One of the cornerstones of wellness is nutrition.
Cherokee Community Village is committed to delivering healthy eating options. Cherokee Community Village will not only provide healthy organic food options, but it will celebrate the farm to table relationship of the restaurants and the produce grown in the parks public garden.
In addition the park will provide concession kiosk options located throughout the park that provide healthy food options, like salads, wraps, Sushi, and others. Each of these kiosk options will be integrated into the overall wellness platform, that informs the users through technology what nutritional element would be best consumed before, during and after their workouts.
Celebration of Achievement – Unlike an average park, Cherokee Community Village can promote healthy achievements like no other. Cherokee Community Village’s NanoLumens video display has the ability to display and celebrate park patron’s success. Picture a ticker running down the side of the screen displaying who has logged the most miles in the park at any given time, or most calories burned. Imagine the incentives that can be awarded for those who reach personal milestones. Instantaneous tracking of workout data is not something that is limited to Studio Fitness offerings; it can now be offered for an entire community. Cherokee Community Village will be at the forefront of this wellness revolution.
