Parks & Recreation Annual Report FY19-20

Reviving Trotter Center

The Smith Active Adult Center – formerly called a senior center – is bustling with activity. Workout classes, clubs, day trips. The place is always full. “This is an active, energetic welcoming place for all ages and abilities,” said Jennie Matkins, who oversees Parks and Recreation’s programming for older adults. “It’s not a place of just old people sitting around. It’s a very active building.” So full, in fact, that Parks and Recreation needed a second location dedicated to adults 50 years old “or better.” The department’s recently-adopted 20-year master plan, Plan2Play, called for adding an additional active adult center in light of the city’s changing demographics. Trotter Community Recreation Center, located within Hester Park, became that place. The new Trotter Active Adult Center has been reborn with exciting and refreshing renovations. The exterior has new landscaping and a repaved parking lot. The inside got a fresh coat of paint, an updated ftness room, and a new computer lab and a lounge. “The new facility aligns with the department’s vision of ‘Enhance, Expand, Connect,’ but it also illustrates the department and City’s commitment to provide a second recreational facility and programs geared towards our older, active adults in western Greensboro,” said Parks and Recreation Director Nasha McCray.