Facilities Needed in Youth Center

Common needs of both Teen and K-6 areas.

Entrance/office area:

• interception and screening-control access
• information, brochure, and bulletin board area
• parent drop off and pick up area
• waiting area
• customer service counter
• public phone/kid's phone
• staff and director office areas--This area should have line of sight to all kid's areas

Rest rooms:

• must be accessible to youth but not unscreened persons
• 2 restrooms for K-6
• 2 restrooms for Teens

Food service area:

• kitchen/snack preparation area
• vending area

Quiet Areas:

• studying
• reading
• tutoring

K-6 dedicated area. Controlled access club house style.

Arts and crafts area

Game/play area:

• pool tables
• foosball
• ping pong
• skill games
• learning games
• Lego® table
• board games
• puzzles
• sand table

Tech area:

• computers
• audio-visual area

Outside play area:

• paved area
• grass area

K-6 need:

• direct viewable access to the gym
• indirect access to the pool, library, tech center, arts center, museum.

Teen area-more open access club house style

Conversation "pits"

• intimate hangouts
• lower light levels
• TV-video games
• lower sound and activity level

Computer area:

• This would probably be a noisy/active comp area separate from the tech center.

Outdoor fun/play area

• wheeled fun area-roller skates/blades, bikes, and skate boards
• paved/grass area-B-ball, volley ball

Teens would have:

• direct access to outdoore paved and grass area, wheeled fun area,and tech center?
• indirect access to pool, library, gym, arts center, and museum