Firstenburg Community Center

We have been coming to this community center for over a year. This is the place to go whenever we want to play table tennis and swim, among other activities.
It can get pretty crowded around Spring break and on the weekends. Somehow the staffs always find a way to make almost everyone happy.
I would highly recommend this community center for everyone. This is a great facility and it is centrally located.

I now do fitness here! This is the best fitness and instructing place ever!!! The pool is the best part about it. I took swimming lessons here back then after I finished the ones at the YMCA.
This place is legendary and everyone should worship the ground it walks on!

This place is amazing!!! I just wish we new about it sooner so we could have been enjoying longer. The pool is amazing and our kids love it!

Swim lessons for my 8 month old = 30 minutes of splashing around.
So much fun! Warm pool, nice people instructing and great atmosphere.
Pool is warm and huge.
Recommend 5 stars!

We are taking swim lessons. The instructor is great, my review of her is 4 stars. My review is on the hazardous conditions of the facilities. Last year the family locker rooms were fine. This year they apparently have decided not to clean or fix anything, ever, no maintenance. 2 of 4 family changing/​restrooms have been «out of service» for who knows how long, leaving my family to drip drip drip all the way to the car because we can never seem to find the other 2 unlocked/​available. Dripping is breaking their rules, but what choice is there? The tiles are missing off the wall. There are cigarette butts in the lockers, crazy and yet when I told the sweet robot ladies at the front desk they referred me to a comment card to place in a locked box which Iz assume shall be destroyed at some point. Last week there was diaper explosions, gel spread all over the only family changing bench. There was toilet paper all over the floor because I assume the toilet overflowed. We tried showering while avoiding filth, only to find feces in the shower. We tried to reach the assistant mgr but she only has voice mail. It’s disgusting. People are at their facilities to get healthier not to catch ecoli or who knows what. The health dept should be called. They should be ashamed. We are trying another pool from now on!

There are no changes to the pool or lack of AC, but Firstenburg has changed their practice of charging extra for classes. Now all classes, that I know of, are included. So, I’m much happier with them regarding that. Now they just need to find a more effective way to cool the building during the hot summer months (how about some solar panels to provide energy to cool the building, or a roof-​top garden to insulate the roof from being heated by the sun) and expand the pool, or add another with lap lanes for those who like to swim laps.

Although the facilities are quite nice and modern, the Firstenberg is always so packed, that getting on a machine in the gym is slim to none. The personal trainers here are a joke really, and the classes are geared towards the older adult population. I feel like my $ 63 a month could go to a different, less crowded gym membership.

Enjoyable with friends ahe middle school dances are okay.

Excellent place to go and work out. No enrollment fee. just pay your monthly dues. $ 64 dollars for 2 adults, and all children under 18 in the household.
There is an indoor track, 2 basketball courts, weight room, cardio machines all over the place, swimming pool, (max depth 5 ft) a rock climbing wall, men’s women’s and family locker rooms, and a fairly large hot tub. These are the only areas that require a membership, or pass to enter.
There is also a teen video game room, 2 pool tables, a ping pong table, open Wifi access, a small café, a senior citizens center, a television area, child care while you work out, and a fairly large conference room complete with its own kitchen.
If it weren’t for having to earn a living, you could hang out here all day! Plus the Cascade branch of the Vancouver library is only 30 feet away.

they have a teen zone from my 11 year old. xbox wii movies. they have open swim for my smaller ones. they can swim wile i work out. they also have a rock climbing wall a track basketball courts and leauges. all in all a great place.
I enjoy working out here. its not a show off put your makeup on type of place.

We joined in January and for awhile, we went 3 – 4 days a week. There are great swim times for the pool and we feel confident in the professional and safety minded lifeguards to leave our 10 year old to swim while the hubby and I head upstairs to exercise.
The main exercise room upstairs overlooks the parking lot and I’ve loved playing ‘what car does that person walk to? The sensible minivan or the sexy camaro?’
Our son took a dance class, he didn’t like that it was all girls, but we liked the instructor and the way the class was set up, with fun music and sweet little prizes at the end of the day, and we’ll probably sign him up for other classes.
The staff are always friendly and knowledgeable and the bathrooms, equipment and pool are clean and well cared for.
But, there is a downside and sadly, it’s a big one. Firstenburg Center has no AC. Yep, you read that right, no air conditioning, ANYWHERE, in the building. It is hot and uncomfortable downstairs in the locker rooms next to the pool and jacuzzi, but upstairs, where people are working out it is unbearable.
So, for the summer months, we just don’t go, except on the rare occasion when we can get in before 11am (weekends).
I guess my recommendation is to go to firstenburg, but only when the temp is under 80 degrees.

Great for swimming! They have a wave pool, hot tub and water slide. Just be careful lots of kiddos… They also have a GREAT brand NEW state of the art library next door that has all new loan materials.