community center
noun
: a building or group of buildings for a community's educational and recreational activities
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There are license plate reading devices for Fort Lauderdale and Plantation, a fire truck for Tamarac, beach drones in Delray Beach and a community center in Pembroke Park.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Another factor is the declining availability of publicly available third places such as parks, coffee shops, bars, or community centers—anywhere people can gather that isn’t their home or their workplace.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 26 May 2026
He is wanted by Interpol over his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which killed 85 people.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
With nowhere to go the rest of the day, Quach and her neighbor’s family had decided to hang out at the community center for a few hours after the art class.
—Andrew Turner, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Another factor is the declining availability of publicly available third places such as parks, coffee shops, bars, or community centers—anywhere people can gather that isn’t their home or their workplace.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 26 May 2026
He is wanted by Interpol over his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which killed 85 people.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
With nowhere to go the rest of the day, Quach and her neighbor’s family had decided to hang out at the community center for a few hours after the art class.
—Andrew Turner, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
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“Community center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20center. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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