George Pierce Park in Suwanee
April 29th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Fun Stuff
Suwanee, in Gwinnett County, has some of the best family fun anywhere! The fantastic Gwinnett County Park system may be the very best reason to move your family here to Suwanee. This map shows the first class park facilities dotted all across Gwinnett.
George Pierce Park is just one of the many parks and features. It’s extensive facilities include a new senior center which was recently dedicated.
Here’s some details…
Acres: 304
George Pierce park contains large areas of wetlands, but is best known for its extensive recreation and athletic facilities. The park has a playground, 5 soccer fields, a football field, 7 youth baseball and softball fields, 2 adult softball fields, concessions, restroom building, three pavilions, a paved, 0.6-mile walking trail, and a 1.2-mile mulch footpath.
George Pierce Community Recreation Center and the new Prime Timers Pointe Senior Activity Center located at George Pierce Park in Suwanee recently opened. The 16,000-square-foot community center, the fourth community center operated by Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, features a community room, catering kitchen, three classrooms, a dance/aerobic studio, game room, and outdoor basketball courts.
The attached 9,500-square-foot Prime Timers Point Senior Activity Center includes a large community room with a kitchen, an art studio, a classroom, a computer room for SeniorNet computer training classes, a covered outdoor terrace with shuffleboard courts and a lounge area. Prime Timers Pointe, “Where those in their prime, have the time of their lives,” has additional space for billiards and a reading room. The $6.8 million construction project was funded through the 2001 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). A HUD Community Development Block Grant is contributing almost $1.5 million toward construction costs of the Senior Activity Center.
Other construction improvements coming this year to George Pierce Park include a new 1.75-mile multi-purpose trail that will circle the new Community Recreation Center and Prime Timers Pointe and existing ball fields, and connect to the existing .6-mile trail. Two outdoor basketball courts are being built, and new parking areas added near the playground and pavilion at the lake and near the existing soccer fields.
George Pierce Park expansion information
Parks & Recreation Master Plan Documents
