THE FACILITY WILL OPEN JANUARY 6TH 2025.

This year we will start off with a big project on our list, a new Recreation Center! Before we can think of opening the doors we have to start at square one: gathering public input. As a Recreation Department we strive to provide quality experiences for our citizens, and we would love to provide a building with amenities you need and want.

Common Inquiries

We have received some repeated questions, so we decided to address those here and update as more questions arise.

The facility will not have a membership fee; you will pay the fee for the class/clinic/league you register for.
The facility will not have a weight room.
There is a walking track that will be free to use.

Construction Updates

Latest Status as of November 2024:

Staff has begun moving from the Bodenhamer building to the new building off Shield Rd. We are still receiving furniture, concession equipment, and everything in between as we finish the final touches on the building. We are working on selecting our opening and once we have a few more items checked off the check list we will announce the date and all the details for that event!

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Newest Photos

Older Photos & Videos

In order of early Construction to completion.

October 2023:

Kernersville Recreation & Event Center Groundbreaking

This has been a long time coming – its been over 40 years waiting for our own recreation center! We are so excited to commence the construction of our new building with our Groundbreaking on Saturday June 10th 2023. The plans were on display showing the three (3) court gym, stage, Multi-Purpose room, two flex programming rooms, indoor track and our administrative offices.

PDF Version of Construction Plans

Board of Alderman Approved Plan

At the Tuesday October 5th 2021 Board of Alderman meeting, one of the two floor plans presented were approved! The plan that was approved was the two-story building.

Here is the Youtube link to the discussion and vote of the plan.

PDF of Approved Recreation Center Plan.

Construction will begin Spring 2022.

Final Site Conceptual Design

This rendering is as closes to what the real project will look like. Take a look at was presented!

Final Recreation Center Plan

Drop-In Input Session

Our next big draw to the public will be on Thursday January 23rd 2:00pm-7:00pm at Fire Station 42 off NC-66.

Kiosk Input

To gather as much input as possible we will have an interactive station as well, where you are able to vote on amenities that have been continuously brought up throughout the various sessions. This is to capture as much input as possible, we encourage you to visit the recreation center when you have time, the station only takes 3-5 minutes to complete. It will be here from January 21-February 8, 9:00am-8:00pm. The Recreation Center is located at 125 East Bodenhamer St.

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Initial Input Sessions

Apart from hosting general meetings, we like to collect data from entities with similar focus and/or goals in collective group meetings. We have identified six themes for these focus groups: Citizen Advisory, Civic/Nonprofit, Community Service, Athletics, Instructors & Participants (these focus group sessions were hosted between January 15-January 16) and Elected Official & Staff (hosted on February 10). These groups were instructed to answer questions that prompted them to think of amenities and situations to clarify what they would utilize most in a new Recreation Center.