As of Sept 9th, 2012 Chastain Park Swimming Pool has now closed for the season and will not re-open…read moreuntil May of 2013. It is crazy as the weather in September is often some of the best of the year (as evidenced by the glorious temperate sunny days this week), but without a heater for the pool, the season is all too short, running from early May to early September only. I will miss you for now, beloved Chastain Park Pool. :( See you next season!

The pool NEVER updates its info online or on Google. Hours are wrong, info is wrong, etc. Whose…read morerunning this thing? And then to call and try to get information, your call is never returned. The Chastain Park Civic Association also never has updated info about the pool on its site. Geez.

First time here and I LOVED it. Very clean interior, smells lovely even with all the sweaty people…read morearound, and all of the machines worked and were easy to use! I will definitely be back!

Will updating months later the steam room today on Easter day at around 7:30 was absolutely filthy…read moreand smelled like a sewer. It took probably 45 minutes for anybody to do anything which again didn't help me very much. I went into the sauna and it's similarly filthy. By looking through the spaces between the cedar planks you can see Band-Aids and other crap there. Just really dirty for something we pay so much for. There is also no direct way to contact corporate about this. The offer was to talk locally to the concierge but I guess that's really the problem isn't it. What we talking locally do if this is how they maintain the club anyway. It's just terrible that I have to do this every time you know every other month it's this way.

Honestly waited 20 minutes for a walk around and not be impressed. One of the squash courts had…read moresevere damage and all of the equipment was new but not modern. If you like to run they have options. Also If you need another office space. I work in the concourse and many of us have access to their own offices and common offices so i wasn't really a fan of anything i saw. Also there's no incentives for people that work in the concourse. I was hoping for a reason to switch to this gym but every dot they dotted and t they crossed didn't pass for me. I would've preferred more modern units, more benches and definitely more dumbbells. My local Y actually beat them on raw weight and benches. Oh and this gym is actually cheaper in NY. If that makes sense.

Gym has been bot by lifetime so stay tuned for upgrades, but parts of gym will be cordoned off…read moreduring upgrades. So it's gonna suck for about a year maybe, then when all the upgrades are done and you finally get to take advantage of an upgraded club, I bet they're going to raise your membership fee! Here's what I'm doing instead: Forum Athletic Club is $15.00 a week or $60 a month. Dynamo Swim Club has awesome swim facilities for a 55 and over pass of $37.00. That's half of the 125.00 I"m paying at Concourse. At some point I'll come back to CAC b/c it's a really nice gym but in the transition, save your money...

We had a great experience with Swim Dynamo for several years and HIGHLY recommend Coach Martha and…read moreTom. Unfortunately, the club did not handle an injury well with our daughter as she became a more advanced swimmer. Her "new" coach was more intent on the team winning than earning the trust and respect that a good coach would usually deserve. Which includes creating a welcoming culture, telling athletes to listen to their bodies and ensuring that he/she is PATIENT. We changed clubs as a result of Joey and had no problem doing so as every other coach was very happy to work with a high performance young teenager and help her get "competition ready." Coaching is a seminal component in a teenager's life and we did not feel comfortable with his attitude or interactions with the kids. Mike seems like a great CEO, but not well-informed by the coaching staff -that could be a result of the head coach who we never heard a word from. I would make sure to spend time talking to the coaches before picking Dynamo, depending on the child's age.

There are many things we have loved about Dynamo. My oldest is 17 and my youngest is 14. They…read morehave been in Dynamo lessons at Chamblee and then part of the club at Oakhurst for almost their entire lives. Out of the blue (or perhaps not so out of the blue because it was literally the day the Oakhurst Coach gave birth), Dynamo eliminated its high school program at Oakhurst with 3 weeks notice. No goodbye to the old coach, leading to sobbing and angry teens. The also not so best part was that they offered a 4pm practice when high school kids in this area get out at 3:45 6 miles away from the new location. Not sure if this was pregnancy discrimination or just awfulness/rudeness, but Dynamo has changed. I did try to reach out to the head coach and got a nasty note back from the Board Chair. You can't count on them to offer consistency, which I think was a hard lesson for my kids and for me since that's what they claim to sell. The City of Decatur should definitely take the Oakhurst pool back from Dynamo.

Salt water pool, lots of shade, pleasant lifeguards and in a great Neighborhood Association…read more What's not to love!

While they have cleaned up the ladies' locker room issues, they have now removed and not replaced…read moresome of the cleaning solution dispensers from the main floor, and some are broken and don't work. There were about nine throughout the main floor, but they have removed two and two others don't work. So now there are only five for the entire floor, so you have to walk from one end of the floor with a dripping wet paper towel of cleaning solution in order to wipe down the equipment you want to use on another side of the floor. No one who works here seem to be aware or care that this is a sanitary /unsanitary issue.

By LA Fitness standards, this gym isn't that bad. It's an older one that was partially remodeled at…read moresome point. They have a pool, basketball court (with an unusual partial half court to one side) and a room for classes with bags for boxing. On Sunday morning, when I've gone, it's pleasantly uncrowded, except for the classes. On the other hand, the showers look fairly ancient (check out the weird pattern on the tiles) and its the back area near the pool, where there is serious rust and grossness. If they were to ever remodel that part of the gym, it would be pretty decent.

This is now known as Martin's Landing River Club. I was a guest here to play tennis. There are…read moreapprox 6 hard surface and two soft (clay) courts, in a nice, quiet setting. All courts are in very good/excellent condition. There are clean bathrooms for the players. There aren't any other amenities. Some of the courts are adjacent to tall trees, thus shadows on some of the courts during the day.

Our daughter has been attending weekly 30-minute lessons at Atlanta Swim Academy for nearly six…read moremonths, and the progress has been remarkable. She started at the Trigger Fish level, advanced to Sea Lions, and just recently graduated to Manta Rays. The academy's structured approach--requiring specific skills to be mastered at each stage--has clearly paid off. She's athletic and attentive, and the instructors have done a fantastic job channeling those strengths into steady improvement. Each level seems to take her about 5-6 weeks to complete, which speaks volumes about both her effort and the academy's teaching methods. With only two levels left after Manta Rays, she's well on her way to being ready for our HOA's competitive summer swim team, which runs six intense weeks with six tournaments. The difference in her confidence and ability in the water is easy to see. Honestly, I may not be able to swim away from her when she chases me in the pool next summer! Watching her master the different strokes has been exciting, and I'm grateful for the academy's clear progression system and supportive environment. Atlanta Swim Academy has been a wonderful investment in her growth, and I highly recommend it to any family looking to build strong swimming skills in a fun, structured way.

This place is an amazing place to bring your kids for swim lessons, camp or just to have fun…read moreswimming! I brought my Adventure Summer Campers here and they were not ready to leave. With the hot days this summer, it was the best activity for them to stay cool while having fun and exercising. The staff were great and had good customer service. There were two life guards on duty to keep the kids safe while in the water. Check them out. You will not be disappointed!