I had a ride today; friend Patty & I were headed over to the Prescott Community Center on Rosser Street to get an overview of the new facility. A lot that was new to me today. For example, the broad divided avenue across the mesas to the north of downtown Prescott. Very upscale. Plenty of room for a even more new residents to build even more houses requiring even more water.
The Center is up on the mesa near Highway 89. Great views. The basic arrangement is a divided responsibility. According to its web site,
the Community Center offers nearly 21,000 square-feet of space for adult-oriented recreation, education, & entertainment, including a ballroom/auditorium with a 4,000 ft. dance floor. In addition, the area surrounding the facility is slated to be developed by the City of Prescott into a 19-acre park with tennis and horseshoe courts, hiking trails, & other opportunities for outdoor recreation. Although the Community Center was built by the City of Prescott, the City provides only minimal ongoing financial support. The day-to-day operation of the Center is the responsibility of the Adult Center and Meals on Wheels, both of which are tax-exempt 501c(3) charitable organizations.
There's a lot of neat stuff at the Center. For example, four computers in the lounge/reading room, donated by the Prescott Public Library. Not to overlook the chess board (below).
The auditorium doubles as a ballroom; here it is being used for a class in line dancing. Activities offered at the center range from bingo and bridge to music and language lessons. Aside from a handful of paid employees, the center depends almost exclusively upon volunteers.
There's a jam-packed resale shop to help finance operations.
Equipment in the exercise room was donated by the Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe. (I still maintain that most exercise equipment looks to have been designed for Torquemada.)
A meeting room (one of several) here in use for a yoga class.
Operated by the Meals on Wheels organization, the large dining room serves seniors subsidized luncheons for a suggested $4 donation; diners do not have to belong to the Adult Center. In the room are games -- and a clock I wish I had seen several days earlier for my post on time pieces!
Now the mini-rant: the facility is handsome; the offerings are certainly of interest to me. If I were there, I'd probably take advantage of the dining room. Just one problem. Like many, many older residents (adults, yes?) of Prescott, I do not drive. The distance from the city center makes an expensive taxi ride a once a month affair at best. Our little Toonerville Trolley bus route hugs the downtown area. When we left, I looked in vain for one or more of those mini-buses one sees around town -- the sort of transportation that would serve the lonely apartment dwellers for whom Meals on Wheels is really intended. Nada. Too bad.
I had a ride today; friend Patty & I were headed over to the Prescott Community Center on Rosser Street to get an overview of the new facility. A lot that was new to me today. For example, the broad divided avenue across the mesas to the north of downtown Prescott. Very upscale. Plenty of room for a even more new residents to build even more houses requiring even more water.
The Center is up on the mesa near Highway 89. Great views. The basic arrangement is a divided responsibility. According to its web site, the Community Center offers nearly 21,000 square-feet of space for adult-oriented recreation, education, & entertainment, including a ballroom/auditorium with a 4,000 ft. dance floor. In addition, the area surrounding the facility is slated to be developed by the City of Prescott into a 19-acre park with tennis and horseshoe courts, hiking trails, & other opportunities for outdoor recreation. Although the Community Center was built by the City of Prescott, the City provides only minimal ongoing financial support. The day-to-day operation of the Center is the responsibility of the Adult Center and Meals on Wheels, both of which are tax-exempt 501c(3) charitable organizations.
There's a lot of neat stuff at the Center. For example, four computers in the lounge/reading room, donated by the Prescott Public Library. Not to overlook the chess board (below).
The auditorium doubles as a ballroom; here it is being used for a class in line dancing. Activities offered at the center range from bingo and bridge to music and language lessons. Aside from a handful of paid employees, the center depends almost exclusively upon volunteers.
There's a jam-packed resale shop to help finance operations.
Equipment in the exercise room was donated by the Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe. (I still maintain that most exercise equipment looks to have been designed for Torquemada.)
A meeting room (one of several) here in use for a yoga class.
Operated by the Meals on Wheels organization, the large dining room serves seniors subsidized luncheons for a suggested $4 donation; diners do not have to belong to the Adult Center. In the room are games -- and a clock I wish I had seen several days earlier for my post on time pieces!
Now the mini-rant: the facility is handsome; the offerings are certainly of interest to me. If I were there, I'd probably take advantage of the dining room. Just one problem. Like many, many older residents (adults, yes?) of Prescott, I do not drive. The distance from the city center makes an expensive taxi ride a once a month affair at best. Our little Toonerville Trolley bus route hugs the downtown area. When we left, I looked in vain for one or more of those mini-buses one sees around town -- the sort of transportation that would serve the lonely apartment dwellers for whom Meals on Wheels is really intended. Nada. Too bad.
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