The Stephen G Terrell Recreation Center will be the newest indoor community recreation center to offer much needed services to the City of Allen, Texas and the broader community. The center will bring the community together in an inclusive environment that fosters health, wellness, vitality, and human connections. It is envisioned that the 149,000 SF facility will serve traditional physical recreation activity, passive community recreation gathering, and indoor competition leagues and sports. It will also anchor the new Stephen G Terrell Community Park which in time will include a variety of outdoor spaces and activities, an event lawn, and trail connections to Rowlett Creek and the broader city wide trail system.

The overarching goal for the community recreation center is to maximize program capabilities for the various spaces with in the center to accommodate the widest variety of activities for the patrons who will use it. Additionally, the facilities design is developed to allow for people to linger before, between, and after a workout, a class, or a game. One of the primary features during the study discussed was that the center should act as a community living room, where gathering is promoted at a variety of scales. Whether it is a couple of people having a cup of coffee, a team discussing the game they played, or the large social event at the community classrooms, the center is setup to bring people together.

The Design Team is incorporating an integrated, collaborative approach in partnership with the City and its Staff to refine the previous programming and conceptualization for the facility. Outlined within this Schematic Design Report are the results of this process further refining the aspirations for the center which will bring it one step closer to reality.