The Community and Recreation Center at Boyce Mayview Park is the Heart of Upper St. Clair

Built in 2009, the Community & Recreation Center at Boyce Mayview Park continues to be the heart of the community. It’s a busy, bright, and bustling place with plenty to offer for everyone: classes, sports, swimming pools, workout spaces and social events. It’s a place to learn and have fun, to celebrate, and to get healthy or stay healthy.

According to Melissa Lindberg, M.S., supervisor of marketing and membership, the Community & Recreation Center is much more than an activities center: it’s a community gathering place, where families spend quality time together and friends enjoy each other’s company. “The C&RC is a unique facility,” she says. “It’s a fitness and recreation center for all ages, from infants to older adults and everyone in between. It’s very family-driven and family-friendly and is also a great place for adults and seniors. When you have a membership here, it’s like having a personal playground. You can gather here with friends and family, and it’s a wonderful place to meet people and make new friends.”

Set within the 475 acres of beautiful and bucolic Boyce Mayview Park, the Community & Recreation Center is a 90,000 square foot facility that was designed to blend in with its surrounding natural environment. The building was constructed with numerous “green” elements and natural materials. The C&RC takes full advantage of its impressive setting, incorporating the park’s trails and hills into its fitness programs and offering participants broad views of the forests and fields to perhaps inspire them as they exercise and play.

There are three main divisions to the C&RC: fitness, aquatics, and community programs, which encompass enrichment and sports programs, classes, and camps. The first floor contains two full size gymnasiums/basketball courts, a fitness area, two group exercise studios, one of which is focused on mind-body exercise such as yoga and Pilates, a playroom/babysitting area, and poolside party rooms. Fitness classes are offered in general aerobics, yoga, Pilates, cycling, boxing training, and many other forms of exercise. Located on the second floor are a cardio area, free weight and weight machine area, and a low-impact, 1/8-mile indoor walking track. All cardio equipment, including Expresso Bikes, offer individual television/multi-media screens and virtual trainers with a multitude of work out options. Seniors are accommodated with activities such as pickleball, game and card day, and various group exercise classes specifically geared toward towards boomer and senior age participants.

Aquatics is outstanding at the C&RC. With three pools to choose among, there is something for every-one: an indoor four-lane lap pool; an indoor leisure pool with a resistance channel, interactive water structure, whirlpool and zero depth entry; and a 28,000 square foot outdoor leisure pool that has special features to match any ability level. It also features a sandbox, two water slides, numerous lounge chairs and two outdoor covered pavilions. The indoor and outdoor pools have handicapped lifts which are self-operated, and a zero-depth entry to the pool. There are even underwater benches for resting.

For children with special needs, the C&RC is a welcoming place. Every aspect is accessible and in compliance with ADA requirements. Across the parking lot, adults and children can visit a soft surface ballfield used by the Miracle League of the South Hills all-inclusive baseball program.

there is also an all-access, inclusive playground, The Clubhouse, with lots of activities.

Currently, the Community & Recreation Center has over 10,000 members, and Lindberg hopes to see those numbers grow. “Over half of our members are Upper St. Clair residents, but we draw from all over the region. We encourage all interested people to come and participate; you don’t have to live nearby. Annual and three-month membership are available; we also offer a daily admission pass for individuals.”

For Lindberg, a busy mother of three young children who has a master’s degree in exercise physiology, the C&RC is a terrific resource for families and for the entire community. “For me, it’s greatly rewarding to see people experiencing this center with their families. Everyone is enjoying themselves and getting healthy! For many members, the center has become part of their daily life.”

Upper St. Clair is renowned as a place of beautiful homes, excellent schools and gracious living, and the Community & Recreation Center further enhances the region’s quality of life. Although a majority of members are from Upper St. Clair, the South Hills and southern Allegheny County, membership is open to people throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area and beyond.

For more information about facilities, classes and events, or to become a member, visit twpusc.org/recreationcenter