CONWAY — White Mountain Aquatic & Fitness Foundation officials are sharing conceptual plans for the White Mountain Aquatic and Fitness Complex to be located next to Kennett High School on Eagles Way, and it looks like it will offer something for everyone.
Planned are two swimming pools — one for water aerobics and physical therapy and a six-lane, 25-yard lap pool — a weight room, child-care room, fireplace and lounge and basketball court — and that's all just on first floor. On the second floor are rooms for yoga, exercises and Pilates, a spinning room and an 8-foot-wide, eighth-of-a-mile walking track.
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