Community Center — Attraction in Coconut Creek

The Coconut Creek Community Center is one of the best parts of living in Coconut Creek. We even have two centers. This is the one in the south end of the city. The first community center in the city was the Rowe Community Center. it was much smaller and no longer met the needs of the growing city so this center was built in 2004. The building is two stories and is very beautiful and well maintained.

The first floor of the center holds the reception desk, offices, meeting rooms, the senior center, bathrooms and a gymnasium. There is a large reception room with an attached kitchen. I rented it one year for my daughter's birthday party. It is also used for community meetings and voting. You can find all of the notices of upcoming events tacked to the bulletin board opposite the reception desk.

The second floor contains more meeting rooms and a game room that can be used by the public.

The community center hosts many events for the residents of the city for all ages. There are programs for kids, activities for seniors, sports teams, and classes. They hold a day camp every summer, after school programs, and provide child care to help parents when school is out. My daughter took dance classes, art classes, and attended many of the children's programs through the years. Later on she earned volunteer hours for high school by volunteering at the recreation programs. The recreation department does an incredible job of creating programs for the city. Everything they present is free or with a reasonable fee. People from outside the city can attend the programs put they have to pay extra to do so.

Outside the community center is a large park that contains two playgrounds and a newly refurbished basketball court. On any given night you will see families and kids riding bikes, playing basketball, and enjoying the playgrounds. There is a lake that separates the community center from Windmill Park. Once Windmill Park is reopened it will be a nice walk between the community center and the park that is getting a major make over. Outside there is also a band shell that hosts free concerts usually once a month and movies outside. On the East side of the property there is picturesque bridge that leads from the community center to the brand new fire station.

Through the years I have attended a lot of the community center programs. I have voted here and celebrated here. I have also made friends with the recreation staff who are some of the nicest people I know. The residents of Coconut Creek are fortunate to have such a great recreation staff and a beautiful building that houses all they...

I signed up my high functioning special needs son for the basketball league at this coconut creek location and it was the worst decision I made they are not experienced in working with all children especially special needs they all are volunteers coaches the supervisors support to do whatever without training they were very rude to me when my son had a meltdown after complaining of the coach lack of concern of over aggressive behaviors in the sport till it was a safety concern by lack of structure teaching the sport they screamed and blamed me for how my son behaved even though we voiced concerns and was ignored it build up till my child had enough and he has a disability that was not considered but as well didn’t welcome my involvement to help. I was so upset I left with a headache. I filed a complaint which no one called me back to discuss the issue of staff unprofessional behavior. I was just refunded quickly instead of how they could do better as an organization. I should complain to Disability Act. I asked for a refund so my son can be in a better space I found YMCA that accepts him and most of all I feel it’s a safe space to learn all the things people think they are not capable of learning because of their disability. Coconut Creek they seemed welcoming till they get your money then when you complain they say you haven’t given it time when you only have three days to request...

The kids love going to this park and using the obstacle course as well. One of the kids left their phone behind and the community center staff kept it for us. The staff members we came into contact with seemed nice and welcoming and the building appeared well-kept. That is the scope of my interaction for...