Westwood Recreation Dept. Moving Into New Office

In what calls a long time coming, the will be moving their office this summer. While the new space lies just down the hall from the current office, it will allow the staff to have more meeting space.

"This is the optimal time to do this with summer day programs going on outside," said Burnes. "This gives us the ability to host meetings with departments and youth sports organizations."

The current office area will be converted to a pre-school program room, where programs are done for children from infant to six years old.

Burnes said that the problem with the current area was that there was just not enough room. The office area has one small walkway that leads to the pool area, with cubicles on one side. He noted that it is cramped and insufficient for what is needed.

Burnes started working at Westwood Recreation Department in February and said that when he came in an assessments were done. One area of concern was the office. Burnes noted that , and said that the current area can be noisy and there are no opportunities for meetings. This will all be taken care of due to the new office space.

As for the current office area that is being transitioned to the pre-school program, the door to the pool will be bolted so there will be no interruptions.

"This transition will give us more space, and also give us the ability to have more space for the pre-school program," said Burnes. "This is a win, win."

Burnes explained that the transition will begin within the next couple of weeks, and he anticipates that it will be finalized by the end of August.