Albuquerque's 10th senior center opened its doors on the westside, giving the growing Cibola Loop area near Ellison Drive a new hub built for generations of residents to share. The Conway Wood Northwest Multigenerational Center is named after advocate Conway Wood, who worked to support adults for more than 60 years and began pushing for a center like this one roughly 20 years before it finally opened.
According to KRQE News 13, the new facility sits on Cibola Loop near Ellison Drive, rounding out a list of city-run senior centers that now stretches to ten locations across Albuquerque. The City of Albuquerque's grand-opening invitation listed the event for 10 a.m. at 10751 Cibola Loop NW, according to a notice from the City of Albuquerque.
A Name Meant to Honor Decades of Advocacy
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said naming people who contributed to the community remembers and celebrates their contributions and inspires others, per the KRQE report. Keller also said that naming contributors celebrates their contributions alongside their families, and inspires others to do the same. For Wood, whose advocacy stretched back about two decades before the ribbon finally got cut, the honor caps a long push to bring multigenerational services to the westside.
What's Inside the 55,000-Square-Foot Building
A 2025 report from City Desk detailed plans for a 55,000-square-foot building carrying a fitness center, a gymnasium with an indoor running track, a social hall and classroom spaces. The same report said the $10.4 million project was being built out in four phases. Those plans line up with KRQE's description of the finished center, which includes a fitness center, a gymnasium with an indoor running track, a social hall and classroom spaces, and which the station reports welcomes young adults as well as seniors.
The City of Albuquerque has said the broader purpose behind its multigenerational centers is to bring generations of residents together. “The purpose of our multigenerational centers is to bring generations of Albuquerque residents together,” said Anna Sanchez, Director of Senior Affairs, adding that the city was “excited for this opportunity to bring our services to northwest Albuquerque, including our senior meals, recreational activities, and youth programs,” according to the city's own announcement on breaking ground on the project.
Filling a Gap on the Westside
Before Conway Wood's doors opened, westside residents had to travel for city-run multigenerational services. City Desk's 2025 report noted that the closest comparable city facility, North Domingo Baca, sits eight miles away, while Bernalillo County's Westside Community Center is 17 miles out. For a stretch of the city that had been without a dedicated hub, the new center closes that distance considerably.
The city's own project page had earlier indicated that site construction on the Cibola Loop Multigenerational Center was set to start in May or June 2024, while a separate 2025 report projected an August opening without specifying the year. Those earlier timelines don't fully explain how the project's schedule unfolded, but the center bearing Conway Wood's name is now open on the westside it was built to serve.
