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The City of Akron
Community Centers

Balch Street Community Center
Ed Davis Community Center
Elizabeth Park Community Center
Ellet Community Center
Firestone Park Community Center
Forest Lodge Community Center
Joy Park Community Center
Kenmore Community Center
Lawton Street Community Center
Mason Park Community Center
Northwest Family Recreation Center
Patterson Park Community Center
Reservoir Park Community Center
Summit Lake Community Center

Balch Street Community Center
YWCA Fitness & Recreation Center - 330-375-2446
220 South Balch Street
Akron, Ohio... (330) 375-2617
Ken Minrovic, Center Coordinator

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Ed Davis Community Center
730 Perkins Park Drive
Akron, Ohio 44320 ... 330-375-2832
Jerry Rowland, Supervisor

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Activities:
Adult Gym, Adult Exercise, Arts & Crafts, Basketball Clinic, Cheerleading, Community Meetings, Day Camp, Drill & Marching Team, Kandy Kane Day Care, Modern Dance, Open Gym, Billiards, Special Events, Touch Football, Volleyball

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Elizabeth Park Community Center
225 East North Street
Akron, Ohio 44304 ... 330-375-2844
Sam Brown, Supervisor

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Activities:
AAU & Winter Youth Basketball, Summer Programs, Computer Classes, Hunger Center, Northside Seniors, Open Gym (Children & Adults), Urban Vision, After School Program, Adult Volleyball, Tiny Tot Basketball Program, Arts & Crafts, Performing Arts, Seasonal Special Events, Elizabeth Park Council, Summer Lunch Program, Summer Field Trips, Coach Pitch Baseball, North Akron Community Festival

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Ellet Community Center
2449 Wedgewood Drive
Akron, Ohio  44312 ... 330-375-2809
Kimberly Huskey, Supervisor

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Activities:
AARP Chapter 2473, Board of Elections Voting Site, Bingo, Body Sculpting, Card Clubs (Bridge, Euchre & Rummy), Ceramics, Computer Classes, Crafts, Ellet Community Festival, Ellet Golden Keenagers, Ellet Women's Club, Line Dancing, Men's Breakfast, Moms & Tots, Red Cross Bloodmobile, Senior Exercise, Sewing Guide, Soccer Clinic, Special Events, Square Dancing, Summer Fun Camp, Tai Chi, Tiny Tots, Total Body Workout, Video Exercise, Ward 6 Meetings, Martial Arts, Homework Lab

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Firestone Park Community Center
1480 Girard Street
Akron, Ohio  44301 ... 330-375-2806
Mary Stakleff, Supervisor

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Activities:
Bridge, Ceramics (Adult & Children Classes), Crafts (Adult & Children Classes), Euchre, Firestone Park Athletic Assoc., Firestone Park Seniors, Girl Scouts, Line Dancing, Moms & Tots, Movies, Prime Timers, Senior Exercise, Special Events, Tiny Tots, TOPS, Summer Concerts, Firestone Park Citizens Council, Firestone Park Garden Club, Tree Lighting Celebration, Harvest Festival, Kids Ballet, Ballroom Dancing II, Ohio Ballet, Firestone Park Independence Day Celebration, Serenity, Summer Camps, Board of Elections Voting Site, Block Watch, Ward 7 Meetings, Akron Racers, Clogging, Soccer, Square Dancing, Ballroom Dancing, Garfield Alumni, T-Ball, Chinese Martial Arts, Info Action, Adult & Kids Tap, Muscle Toning, Firestone Athletic Assoc.

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Forest Lodge Community Center
260 Greenwood Avenue
Akron, Ohio  44313 ... 330-375-2813
Suzie Graham, Center Supervisor

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Activities:
Forest Lodge offers fee-based arts classes and workshops to the community. Classes are offered by session, and are available in visual and performing arts, including theatre, photography, crafts, sewing, filmmaking and video, literature, sculpture, calligraphy, music, dance and painting.  Classes are available for all age ranges, and for various levels of experience.  Call for schedule.

Forest Lodge is also home to the Ingenue Theatre Ensemble, the City of Akron's youth drama ensemble. Ingenue produces three full-scale productions annually in early spring, summer and fall. In house and outreach classes are available.

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Joy Park Community Center
825 Fuller Street
Akron, Ohio  44306 ... 330-375-2805
John Hafford, District Coordinator - East

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Activities:
Butch Reynolds Summer Camp, Harry "Butch" Reynolds Youth Recreation Relay, Older Adult Exercise, Adult Basketball, Adult Dance Class, Joyful Seniors, ASCA Inc., HEAP, Community Meetings, Game Room, Winter Youth Basketball League, Spring Youth Basketball League, After School Study Lab, Joy Park Neighborhood Federation, Youth Cheerleading Team, Summer Lunch Program, Girl Scouts, Summerfest & Rib Burn-Off, Tiny Tot Basketball, T-Ball, Coach Pitch, Performing Arts, CYO Summer Camp.

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Kenmore Community Center
880 Kenmore Blvd.
Akron, Ohio  44314 ... 330-375-2812
Ellen Willen, Supervisor

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Activities:
AA Meeting, Adult Aerobics, Bingo, Brownies, Cards, Ceramics, Girl Scouts, Heminger Band & Strings, Kenmore Community Council, Men's Breakfast, Mobile Meals Nutrition Center, Musicians Jam, Seniorcise, Shuffleboard, Special Events, Baby Boomer Ceramics, Billiards, Teen Ceramics, Kid's Ceramics & Clay, Kids Crafts, Kenmore Senior Club, Crime Watch, Early Start

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Lawton Street Community Center
1225 Lawton Street
Akron, Ohio  44320 ... 330-375-2825
Dawn Stiggers-Ferguson, District Coordinator-West

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Activities:
Adult & Children Ceramics, After School Program, Ed Davis Seniors, Game Room, Block Clubs, Open Gym, Say Yes to Tennis, Volleyball, Young at Heart Seniors, Youth Basketball, Special Events, Fun Camp, Tiny Tot Basketball, Line Dance / Exercise

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Mason Park Community Center
700 East Exchange Street
Akron, Ohio  44306 ... 330-375-2821
Sharon Wellsby, Supervisor

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Activities:
Arts & Crafts & Ceramics (Adult & Children), Children Videos, Computer Class, Special Events, Tutoring, Youth Basketball, Girl Scouts, Brownies, Boy Scouts, Mason Park Council, Learning for Life, After School Program, Game Room, Youth Soccer, Tiny Tot Basketball, Ward 2 Council Meetings, Field Trips, Summer Lunch Program, Summer Adventure Camp, Golf Camp, Soccer Camp, Billiards, Chess Club, Theatre Club, Senior Brunch Bunch, Teter Tots

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Northwest Family Recreation Center
1730 Shatto Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44313... 330-375-2849
Joanne Breiding, Center Supervisor
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Activities:
Golden Hearts, Men's Breakfast, Northwest Senior Golf, T'ai Chi, Senior Exercise, Older Adult Tap Dancing, Country Line Dancing, Duplicate Bridge, Tae Kwon Do, Yoga & Relaxation, Ward 8 Block Club, West Akron Kiwanis, Fairlawn Junior Women's League, West Akron Baseball (W.A.B.L.), Adult Ceramics, Special Events, Northwest Hawks Football Meetings and Registration, Tiny Tots, Moms & Tots, Storybook Crafts, Arts & Crafts, Kids' Clay & Ceramics, Kids' Cooking, Teen Movie Madness, Illusion Factory Theatre Classes, Pirates, Ballroom Dance, Ballet, T-Ball, Kids Summer Camps and Workshops, Adult Computer Class,  N.O.W. Meeting, Derbydown Chorus, League of Women's Voters, N.A.W.W., Highland Square West Akron Seniors, Scottish Highland Dance (Primary, I, II, Advanced), Ladies Scottish Step Dancing, Children's Scottish Country Dancing, Tiny Tot Tap (I & II), Tap (I, II, III, IV), Boy's Intermediate Tap, Advanced Tap, Adult Tap, Jazz (I, II, III), Belly Dancing, Kids Kung Fu, Ceramics Make It & Take It Workshops, Tennis Clinics, Table Tennis, Children's Medieval Days, Blood Pressure Checks, Flue Shots, Friends of Pets, Cub Scouts.

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Patterson Park Community Center
800 Patterson Avenue
Akron, Ohio  44310 ... 330-375-2819
Rudy Donatelli, Supervisor

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Activities:
Adult Pool & Volleyball, Akron Table Tennis Club, Baseball Clinic, Children Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Games, Girl Scouts, Mobile Meals Nutrition Center, Mother Singers, Movie of the Week, Open Recreation, Patterson Park Youth Football, Plus 50 Club, Senior Aerobics, Pool League, Singing Seniors, Special Events, Summer Sports Series, Tiny Tots, TOPS, Volleyball, Youth Basketball League, Cub Scouts, Field Trips, Senior Bus Trips, North Akron Baseball Association, North Akron Wrestling Club

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Reservoir Park Community Center
1735 Hillside Terrace
Akron, Ohio  44305 ... 330-375-2802
Peggy Spitzer, Supervisor

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Activities:
Ceramics (Adult & Children's Classes), East Pee Wees, GHYA, Daisy Scouts, Girl Scouts, District Girl Scout Meetings, Mobile Meals Home Delivery Site, Neighborhood Watch Meetings, Reservoir Seniors, Senior Cards, Senior Computer Classes, Tiny Tots, Right Meetings, After-School Program, EAGL, Block Clubs, Kid's Summer Camp, Special Events

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Summit Lake Community Center
380 West Crosier Street
Akron, Ohio  44311 ... 330-375-2826
Audley McGill, Supervisor

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Activities:
AAU Basketball, Aerobics, Arts & Crafts, Block Club, Boys Club, Cheerleading Clinic, Community Meetings, C.S.B. Visitations, Day Camp, Flag Football, Kandy Kane, Kindercare, New Bridges, Open Gym, Police Community Dialogue, Project Learn, Silver League Basketball, Sports Clinic, Summit Lake Seniors, Turning Point, Tutoring, WIC, Youth Basketball

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Last Updated 01/04/10