Raleigh’s newest park is the city’s first with an indoor playground.
When Raleigh’s park planners started looking for a location for a recreation center in this area in northwest Raleigh, they discovered that there was little appropriate land available. Rather than leave this area “park-less”, they decided to build a new kind of park and leased 9,600 square feet in the Greystone Village Shopping Center. The spot they picked has been a drug store and a discount retail store. Now it’s the home of a rec center with an innovative indoor playground.
In addition to the playground, the Greystone Recreation Center includes a climbing wall, a large dance studio space that can be repurposed for group meetings, and two classrooms. The dance studio features a projection screen and a sound system that allows instructors to play music from personal MP3 players. Both classrooms include flat-screen TVs with Blu-ray players. The center plans to offer classes in fitness, dance and arts. Center hours are 9am-7pm Monday through Friday and 9am-3pm on Saturdays.
(Note: There was some work going on in the dance studio and the classrooms – I’ll take some additional photos at a later date!)
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That is soooo awesome! I can’t wait to check it out!
I just linked your page for Greystone on my Facebook page for all the Mothers of Preschoolers gals. Thanks for being on top of this and providing pictures. Big help!
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[...] weekend has been pretty low key. Landon and I checked out the Greystone Recreation Center with his buddy Josh and his mommy on Saturday morning. It was GREAT! The equipment is for a little [...]