Arcata Community Center — Local services in Arcata

This Community Center may be the most successful and useful thing Arcata has ever pulled together. 40 years ago it was a dairy field full of cows. Now it presents a spacious and modern Community Hall with good parking and thoughtful layout. The access by car, bicycle or on foot is about as good as it gets. The ballparks, soccer fields and greens are well kept and it has an excellent kids playground with climbing wall. The seniors get fed here and the venue can support...

While the inside may be nice and the facilities up to par, the surrounding grounds and parking lot have become grounds for all types of seedy folk. Homeless tents are everywhere, trash is strewn about near the softball field, and my friend and I nearly had to break up a fight between two scumbags near the outdoor basketball court. It didn't use to be that way. My friends and I started coming to Healthsport back in 2012 and it was a nice place to go and workout. I'm not so...

This place is a gem . I wish every town had something like this. They allow van-lifers/ car camper/ homeless, people to park in the lots and have a port-a-potty. I stayed here for a few days and the community was chill. There are electric vehicle charging stations available as well. Someone here claimed that there are "tweakers" everywhere and that it's a sketchy place . Not my experience at all. Everyone minding their own...