In the past, we were offered full week or 3-day a week options. Also, they used to take the kids on weekly outings/excursions to the zoo, Fremont water park, local farm, etc. While we paid an additional fee for the weekly outing, it was at a minimal cost ranging from $10 - $20.

Cleanliness! Pick up the place. Clothes, shoes, water bottles, wipes laying around all the time. There has been a pile of clothes in the drop area of the gym since winter. See hair and dust floating around fitness area.

The showers and locker rooms look badly worn.

The kids really enjoy having so many activities to do.

Increase hours, make fees competitive with anytime fitness.

Need to do a better job of repairing equipment in the fitness center in a timely manner. Front counter personal are always friendly and helpful.

No walking track

Lots of different activities. I use the pool and aqua class for weekly workouts and love that.

Workout equipment is in pretty poor condition, repairs take a while and there is only one of each machine, and the free weight benches get moved all over the place (not just the flat or raisable benches, but the bench press, preacher curl, etc. we have to readjust them often.
Weights are never put back where they belong or organized in any way.
The other amenities are great to have👍🏼

I think you guys are doing a great job. The service at the front desk has been awesome. The machines are repaired and working properly. That’s really important. The bathrooms are clean and the sauna is nice. I wish you had a nice Jacuzzi that is one thing that would be awesome. I think that’s a big miss

I am very likely to recommend the Y to the community, to family and friends. It's accesible to most people and with the option of using other Y's it is easy to take advantage of their programs when one is not at the 'home' Y.
I would like to see more programs for disabled athletes. If I remember corrrectly, it was in the original

Friendly staff

The staff are always welcoming & the equipment is clean. I really enjoy the pool & swim classes

One of the top reasons I recommend the YMCA is the sense of community. I have found so many encouraging people to chat with and willing to share their stories. Each time I go I learn something new about our community, about an exercise technique, or enjoy a laugh. The YMCA is not only about physical fitness, it is about building friendships and encouraging each other. Iron sharpeneth iron.

Very nice place and usually not too crowded! Very clean and friendly staff! However some of the machines in the gym have been broken for months so that is a little frustrating since it’s not that big of a gym. One of the bike pedals has been broken since January! Otherwise would totally recommend!!!!

locker rooms are pretty terrible. worst I have seen in any YMCA I have been to or been a member of in 52 years.
Gym is nice. Weight room is nice. Outside volleyball sand courts used to be great...but been neglected for years.

The staff is great but the equipment is outdated and needs rehauled. The weights for the classes are falling apart and machines in the weight room have been out of service for months.
There are middle age kids that "play" on the machines without any supervision and potentially break equipment. There is not an age limit enforced so many times it feels like a kids playground instead of a gym.
The classes are awesome and instructors are top notch, but after visiting some other day locations Blair is somewhat of a let down.

Appreciate the pool area hours opening up to every day at 5:30’am.

Within last 3 months, there have been at least 3 situations where guard hasn’t showed up in the morning until after 6:15. I now bring a pair of shoes and shorts to walk in tread mill for when this happens again. Other swimmers and people whose the sauna are much more upset when this occurs. It seems to have become the norm over the last few years (very rare before 2020)

The Blair YMCA is very conveniently located for me (1/2 mile from home), which is the only reason I’m still there. I have seen my membership costs steadily increase—and still there seems to be consistently non-functioning equipment (treadmills; toilet), empty supplies (tissues, hand soap/sanitizer), and not always ideally cleaned shared work out spaces (same hair or discarded paper on the floor for days in a row). I made a single attempt at requesting better access to hand soap in the restrooms and was told (politely) by staff WHAT I COULD DO to fix the issue myself. I do not work at the Y.

I’m trying to make better use of my membership to temper some of the cost/benefit gripes I have with my local Y by exploring amenities at other locations. I hope to do this over the summer to help guide decision-making about whether to keep my membership by the fall.

nice facility, friendly staff. I have already recommended you to other people

the classes are great, the fitness room is always incredibly cold and doesn't seem to get cleaned very often

I would like to see more open swim hours beyond the 4 ft. mark so others who do not lap swim can enjoy the pool also.

Replace or fix machines when they break down. Have responsible, helpful staff- the ones you have now are are helpful.

Lifeguards are unreliable and often don't show up at all on weekday mornings. The pool hours need to be better.

Allow members to use the adjoining classroom —for stretching and foam rolling—when no class is in session. That is, unlock the door between the two rooms.

As someone who lives in Blair and doesn’t go to Omaha very much at all, the decision to join the Greater Omaha YMCA family has only hurt me by increasing my monthly fee by more than a third, and offering nothing new. As the only place with an indoor pool and therefore a place to get varying kinds of exercise in the winter for my family, I am stuck with it, but it would be an unlikely scenario where I would recommend it to somebody else.

I have been a member for over 20 years and would not go anywhere else

The membership fees are a little expensive. Employees are friendly

Lots of different opportunities to workout; jogging, weights, pickle ball, bball, swimming etc. Clean facilities and assistants when there are needs.

The facility could be cleaner. We recently lost the lady who was doing a great job of cleaning and now I don't think the place gets the cleaning that it needs.

Staff is pleasant and always helpful.

I enjoy water aerobics very much! I would recommend it to anyone. I attend 2x’s per week. Both instructors are great! My fellow water aerobics friends are always friendly & supportive.

The gym could use improvement on equipment, it’s good for generic workouts but not for athlete’s. A lot of workouts for summer programs need to be modified

Great programs for all ages, awesome adult fitness staff and friendly staff, clean facility

Group classes and pickleball

The women’s locker room and pool deck are FILTHY!

But I appreciate the increased expectations required of lifeguards.

I can only comment on the pool as that’s all I use. Limited water classes is disappointing. And the cleanliness of the locker room is not what it should be.

Need evening class times that make it possible to participate while working a full-time job. Need hours to reach 9pm for regular membership. Cleanliness needs more attention in general - bathrooms, gym floor, equipment.

Very pleasant and helpful staff. Facility is well maintained. Programs for all ages.

Maintenance seems to be slow. I wonder if the locker rooms are cleaned well… especially the floors. The price seems a bit high but we’re trying it.

My thought is this that if they - The Blair YMCA - had to be absorbed by the greater Omaha YMCA conglomerate then why are there things that have not been fixed? For example - the light outside the women's locker room has been out since at least December. Are bulbs out of stock? Why can't they prevent idiotic lifeguards who flake on their jobs and not show up, really? Why aren't more people certified to lifeguard who work at the Y? I am asking. My only other issues are no clock on the wall in the locker room -there was one before the 'lovely-take-all-summer-craptastic-already-pealing-ugly-blue-paint-that is-pealing-already' - please put it back. Also needs to be more hooks and another remainder about not claiming hooks outside shower stalls. Honestly I am at the point if I have to pay Omaha prices and not get an educator's discount then any more issues with life guards and lack of them showing up, I can transfer my membership. No I do not need anyone to call me - I am only a member for the pool that is it. Fix the issues with the pool, please.

Great classes and people

There's something for everyone!

When you change your hours due to snow contact a news station or put it out on Google, not everyone is on FB. Staff told me I should have looked up Omaha and not Blair YMCA if I want to know if they were closing early & here I see you are listing yourself as BLAIR. What's a girl to do? I was told to give my name and number to Susan & she would text if there was time changes to the gym, so I did. The 2nd time you closed early and I drove 30 min from my home again imagine my shock when I arrived and the doors were locked. After that I found out Susan only sends out text if the pool changes hours. How can I get things straight if you can't? And how about this past summer when you didn't have A/C for a month.

I have been to many other YMCA's in Nebraska & Iowa. Why are you the only ones to lock your aerobic area? Your weight room is small and you have a tiny mat to stretch. Two people if they know each other can use that area at the same time and some people can use that area for the whole time I'm there. Open up the other area & be like the other Omaha YMCA's. One time I needed a resistant rubber band to do some resistance training and asked Susan if I could get one out of the aerobic area and she said, "No", that equipment can't be taken out of that room and was directed to bring my own. There use to be some resistance bands in the weight room. If I could use one word to describe this YMCA with it's staff and equipment I would say, inconsistent.

Please open up the aerobic room during regular business hours and be like the other YMCA's - don't make it weird. Also, another bench press would be very nice.

Our YMCA in Blair has helped me tremendously to have better long term health. I’m at the facility usually 6 times a week except when I’m out of town. It’s a great facility for all and we are very appreciative of its continued services, thank you all very much. Michael Jones

Keep the facility cleaner and soap dispensers full. Often days there’s dirt around the machines.

It's much better now since its under Omaha management. I feel the Blair Y should be a REAL Sr. Center with
M-F meals, programs, field trips, movie outings. The Blair teens need a bowling alley , movie and coffee house gathering spot. I'd like my Sr. Rate of $43/ mo. To be more like $30. The pool paint job 2 yrs back was wrong paint. Locker room is cold and some showers not working. Thx to staff and finally, we have MORE LIFEGUARDS. Huge thanks

Very friendly place! Inclusive of all age groups and fitness levels.

I feel likeit is much cleaner and have more organization. I do think however in the morning when you arrive at 5 am; the front desk needs to be full of light and the people at the desk need to be alert and happy to be at there job. Bathrooms that did not have toilet paper and alerted the front desk seemed not to care today and said they would tell someone. Have some motivation as you are at a gym. a

You have a problem between 4:00 pm to 5:30 PM with young teenagers ruling the gym. They tie up machines, they swear, horse around and really make the experience disappointing. Some of the kids are as young as 12 (heard them say that), and the profanity coming out of these kids is unreal. They disrespect the equipment. For adults that call them on their behavior, they acknowledge to their face and turn around and continue the poor behavior when the adult leaves. You have no control over your own gym. Truly thinking about leaving.