Transitioning Ownership of the Club and BHC Branded App

May 2025

Dear Members,

It’s now been a few months since I sold the Club to Kyle Hyle. This time has been an interesting time considering that Kyle worked for me all last year as our Fitness Director and now I work for him as his General Manager. We both have been performing the same work roles as before the sale of the Club but are looking ahead to Kyle taking over as General Manager as this year progresses.

With that said, it’s been very enjoyable and enlightening to share the management of the Club with Kyle and to have someone to bounce ideas on how to continue to improve BHC.

Besides physical improvement planning in the works, we have also been working with our fitness software provider, MindBody, to create a “branded app” for the Club. This app will be available on the Apple App store and the Google Play store. The BHC app will be specifically for the members of BHC and be used to purchase a membership, check-in, see the class schedule, book classes, change credit card information, show videos / stories that are of interest to members, purchase personal training, and allow us to notify members about items that come up that could affect the use of the Club (as in the scheduled power outages we had recently).

It’s quite a lengthy process to create the banded app which includes applying to create and develop an app on the Apple App store and Google Play store. This BHC app will be available in the near future and we will keep you posted when you can start using it. Here is a sneak peak with a link to a mock-up of the app to show you what we have been working on so far > BHC Branded App. 

You know Summer is just around the corner when we start announcing Yoga in the Park and our Summer Pass for Students and Teachers. The Summer Pass has always been a big hit with our members with kids in high school and college to make the most of their Summer break.

Enjoy the Sunshine!

Pat Gilbrough
General Manager
Ballard Health Club