Barrera Community Fitness Center

Friends and family of former Councilman Enrique Barrera, and the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department celebrated the opening of the Enrique M. Barrera Community Center, 5800 Historic Old Highway 90 (formerly 5800 Enrique M Barrera Parkway), on March 7, 2008.

The center was part of a larger project in which the former Levi Strauss & Co. sewing plant was converted into office space for Parks and Recreation Department administrative, recreation, maintenance, warehouse and park police academy. The headquarters opened earlier the same year. The request to name the center for the former councilman came from Councilwoman Delicia Herrera. Barrera was appointed to the City Council in 2000 and later won popular election for two terms, serving until 2005. He was an ordained deacon at San Fernando Cathedral. He also served on the Edgewood Independent School District Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1990.

The 22,000 square foot community center features a wellness component with fitness as its focus. It includes a fitness room with cardio equipment and weights, and an aerobics studio where a variety of fitness classes are offered.

• 4,800 square foot multi-purpose room
• 1,700 square foot aerobic room
• 1,700 square foot fitness center featuring exercise equipment and a wellness library
• New TRX room

• four treadmills
• three elliptical machines
• two multi-station workout areas
• one recumbent bike
• an adaptive motion trainer
• functional training system glide machine
• a rower
• weightlifting bench and dumbbells ranging from five to 100 pounds