Carolina Country Club

9 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 3 brought on to create a more private and secure online club community.” The Club’s Wellness Center comprises over 14,000 square feet of indoor space, which includes traditional “fitness center” accoutrements, including weights, cardiovascular machines, and designated group exercise rooms, as well a “wellness” side that hosts a massage therapy space, wellness and nutrition-themed talks, and self-defense-type workshops that appeal greatly to the Club’s younger generation. “We don’t use independent contractors,” Slaughter comments. “Everyone who works in our wellness facility is an employee, from the massage therapists to the group fitness instructors. We offer personal training one-on- one and we run small group personal training sessions as well, for people that have a common interest or fitness goal. And we also do larger group fitness classes, whether they’re dedicated to spin, Pilates, or circuit training.” Since the health outbreak, they’ve also leveraged outdoor training opportunities to allow more members at once to participate in the Club’s social and fitness activities. “Country clubs are already pretty popular because of the outdoor lifestyle they provide – the tennis and the golf,” Slaughter affirms. “And in North Carolina, we’re able to do fitness outdoors probably three- fourths of the year, maybe even a little bit more. From the spring all the way through the fall here, we set everything up from boot camp to Peloton bikes to weightlifting in a covered outdoor gym area. We do a ton of programming outside. It expands our footprint and, with COVID, that airier space has come to feel maybe a bit more comfortable for some people than our indoor fitness amenities.” On the books for future plans would be a separate spa facility for members to complement the existing wellness offerings at the Club. “We’d