ACAC Fitness & Wellness Center Breaks Ground in Glen Allen
Governor McDonnell Speaks at Ceremony, Celebrates Club’s Expansion
RICHMOND, VA – October 28, 2011 – ACAC Fitness & Wellness Center broke ground yesterday on its new health club in West Broad Village in Richmond. ACAC owner Phil Wendel welcomed Governor Robert F. McDonnell, Henrico County Supervisors David A. Kaechele and Frank J. Thornton, and many West Broad Village neighbors to the ceremony.
In his remarks to the crowd, Governor McDonnell thanked Wendel for his investment in Virginia, noting that this new club will bring another 150 permanent jobs to the area and provide high-quality health and fitness services.
Located a quarter mile from Short Pump Town Center, the new ACAC club will cost approximately $16 million. The three-story, 57,000 square-foot facility will have every modern fitness amenity, as well as singles and doubles squash courts, an indoor aquatics center with warm water pools, ample functional training space and three mind~body group exercise studios. In addition, the club’s rooftop will boast a heated pool and platform tennis. When completed, this building will be a premier destination for area residents seeking to improve their lives and their health through exercise and wellness.
In his address, Wendel noted that ACAC has been uniquely successful in building very strong relationships with the medical community.
“In the past six years alone, we’ve received over 15,000 physician referrals to our clubs,” said Wendel in his address. “We’ve built a fitness facility with a significantly broader welcome mat. At ACAC, members of all ages and stages of health feel confident and comfortable learning how to exercise.”
The West Broad Village club will be ACAC’s second location in the Richmond area. ACAC currently operates a 100,000 square-foot facility in Midlothian and recently received the 2011 Innovation Impact Award in Chesterfield County’s annual First Choice Business Awards for the success of its physician referred exercise program.
ACAC, which has ranked nationally as a Top 100 club the past ten years, is an industry leader, and its physician referred exercise program has been recognized as “Best of the Best” by Club Industry magazine. In 2010, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association presented ACAC owner Phil Wendel with the John McCarthy Industry Visionary of the Year Award for pioneering the development of medical fitness and wellness programs.
For more information about ACAC’s facilities and programs in Richmond, call 804.378.1600.
**Photos available for media use on ACAC’s facebook page: http://facebook.com/acacfitnessandwellness in the album “Groundbreaking for NEW acac in Richmond”
**Additional photos available on the Governor’s flickr photostream, subject to his office’s terms and use, at http://www.flickr.com/photos/governorva/sets/72157627867137645/
About ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers
ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers, ranked #12 for single club sites nationally according to Club Industry’s “Top 100 Club,” have been providing quality fitness and wellness services since 1984. With clubs in Charlottesville & Richmond, VA, as well as in West Chester, PA, ACAC features comprehensive fitness facilities complemented by aquatics programs, personal training, spa services, a café, summer camps, senior fitness and wellness, kids’ programs and corporate fitness programs. ACAC’s clubs in Charlottesville and Richmond are certified as medical fitness facilities by the Medical Fitness Association of America, a division of the American Hospital Association. Often referred to in national and international trade publications as an industry leader, ACAC continues to break new ground in the development of fitness and wellness.
