Five Points, Washington

This is the second dance recital I've attended at Five Points, and it really drives home how much community-need there is for a large, public, well-maintained, multi-use space. Both the staff and facility here are amazing! I personally experienced how an overwhelmed staff kept their cool through a weekend overfull with MLSD Dance Recital, birthday parties, open swim, and a baseball game across the street. Why is the last one relevant? Because the baseball fans were a bunch of rabid savages who took all the parking at Five Points to save themselves a bit of a walk. I witnessed little girls and mothers in tears, grandparents frantically looking for ANY place to park in an unfamiliar community, fathers ready to explode; yet, even in such a horrifically stressful and miserable situation, the Five Points staff not only policed the human menagerie, they also did so in a polite, respectful manner mindful of the persistent rise of COVID-19 infections. For example: my wife lost her phone the evening before during recital and the facility manager was kind enough to provide a guide backstage to where iOS claimed the phone to be. It turned out to be under a very kind person's seat, who called me after I updated the "lost" alert screen. Thankfully, I was easy to locate as I was standing onstage. Personally, I did not see a single staff member who was not wearing a mask; which is good, considering I'm personally aware of the onset of active COVID-19 infections among at least 3 persons who were in attendance on June, 4th 2022. It could be a coincidence, but better that there were masks worn than not. Overall, a fantastic facility with near-perfect execution. (The only flaw I can find is that there isn't a parking control device that will raise spikes into the tires of lazy baseball fans who can't be bothered to think through the downstream consequences of their actions; however, I'm confident this could be achieved with some volunteers from the Sheriff's department kind enough to lend their mobile spike strips)

Five points hosted my daughters wedding on 10/1/22. The space looked beautiful! Everything was set perfectly! The bartenders were awesome and the rum punch was a top notch drink! Thank you for making everything perfect!