Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty, members of the Board of County Commissioners along with Orlando Magic COO Alex Martins and some area children break ground a new recreation centers. It’s the first of five new gyms donated and built by the Magic. Orange County will operate and maintain the rec centers.  “Great things happen when private enterprise works hand in hand with local government for the benefit of our entire community,” stated Orange County Mayor Richard T. Crotty during today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the first of five Orange County/ Orlando Magic Recreation Centers.

When completed the recreation centers will be approximately 24,398 square feet of building space at each of five locations.

Each rec center will feature a gymnasium, cardio and weight rooms, a game room, and a divisible multi-purpose room that can be utilized for meetings, social functions or small group classes. The facilities also include locker rooms, concession areas and office space for the operations staff.

The entry/lobby area is a vibrant space with an eye-pleasing assortment of colors and textures and serves as the spine that links all other adjacent spaces. This space contains prominent placement of logos for the facility sponsors, artwork custom designed by local and regional artists to reflect the dynamic facility and the surrounding neighborhood of each, and flat screen televisions which can be used for entertainment, education or advertisement.

The gymnasium is the primary function space for each facility and can be utilized for both half and full court basketball as well as volleyball.

The Orange County Orlando Magic Recreation Centers are a design-build effort between Orlando Magic partners Turner Construction Company, SC Advisors and SchenkelShultz Architecture.

In order of construction: with each successive gym being finished two months after the completion of each other.

South Econ Community Park – to be completed by March 2010
3800 South Econlockhatchee Trail
Orlando, FL 32829

Goldenrod Park
4863 North Goldenrod Road
Winter Park, FL  32792

Meadow Woods Park
1751 Rhode Island Woods Circle
Orlando, FL  32824
 
Silver Star Community Park
7875 Silver Star Road
Orlando, FL 32818

Mildred Dixon Community Park
303 S. West Crown Point Road
Winter Garden, FL 34787