Memorial Park Community Center — Local services in Johnson City

A community center is something that any, & all members of the community are able to come together & enjoy their time, right? Not here in Johnson City. Looks are deceiving here. Majority of the available activity’s here are only available for use after you obtain a membership, pay the fee’s, & deal with the extremely tight time blocks. Don’t bring your kids because they’ll have to sit in the car as many areas/times are restricted to 18+, even not participating. While the facilities are here for an amazing community center, do not come expecting one. Expect to be able to walk in & be able to take part in anything will only lead you to disappointment. While they do offer an open gym a couple hours a day, anything else will be restricted to “members” if it’s even open. Things have changed drastically over the years for whatever reasons falling far away from the $15 million dollar idea of what a community center should be, & any true member of this community would be ashamed to call themselves a member of. The recreational center that used to be there for the area had far less to work in every sense yet it held a thousand times more of a community than the current iteration. With the potential of this facility if this was a true community center, then any member of the community should be able to come in during operating hours & take part in any activity. Requiring a keycard to take part in any of the most basic services, & not being inclusive to family’s goes against everything this place should want to be. It seems this has become a local taxpayer funded “country club” mixed with a senior center. Doesn’t seem to be too much room for the average kid to get off the streets, or a family to enjoy some physical activity. A complete waste of taxpayer funds & utter disgrace of a communal environment under the...

This place is amazing. This is more of a Compound than a Center. They have so much to do here. My review today specifically focuses on the indoor pool experience we had. We took our two children for a swim and it was great. They had a blast. The sun was out and it was hot out but being indoor was perfect. The entry fee is absolutely minimal. We paid a little over $10 for all 4 of us. They offer swimming lessons, a lap pool, 2 training pools and tons of accessories from floaties to swim-boards and more. There's no charge to check out the items to swim with as long as you put everything back, the whole room is at your disposal. We went during the week and there were maybe 10 to 12 other people there. They offer a HUGE locker room with warm showers. For our pool and swimming needs, this place had it all. I highly...

At first I gave 5 starts because they have open gym for 2 hours so that teenagers can come play ball instead of being in the streets getting into trouble however now that my teen sons have tried to play ball when they are out of school for fall spring winter and summer breaks they Always have the gym closed...what is the point of a community center if one kids can't even Play pool until they turn 18, can't use the fitness room until they are 14 and everytime school is out they close the gym its like they are hoping these teens turn to the streets to get into trouble start using drugs etc this is ridiculous the community can't ever utilize the community center that is paid for by the community things have to change around here!!! What are we paying taxes for if we can't ever use what our...