Extended closure of Dare County Youth Center Gymnasium due to ongoing roof replacement project – OBX Today

Extended closure of Dare County Youth Center Gymnasium due to ongoing roof replacement project - OBX Today

The Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s Northern Beach Divisionhas announced that the Dare County Youth Center gymnasium at Family Recreation Park in Kill Devil Hills will remain closed on its originally scheduled reopening date of Monday, November 18, 2024 due to a minor delay in the ongoing roof replacement project.

The gymnasium was initially closed for a three-week period beginning on Monday, October 28, 2024 and was previously expected to reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 18, 2024; however, the gymnasium will remain closed on Monday, November 18, 2024 as the contractor works to complete the project. 

With the roof replacement project still underway, all gymnasium activities—including volleyball and pickleball—will be canceled throughout this week and will remain canceled on Monday, November 18, 2024.

The after-school program will be held in the multipurpose rooms at the Dare County Youth Center until the replacement of the roof is complete, and any meetings scheduled in the multipurpose rooms will be held as scheduled.

Although the gymnasium is currently expected to reopen on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, please be advised that further closures may also be necessary in order to complete the roof replacement project. Updates regarding any additional closures beyond Monday, November 18, 2024—as well as an update announcing the gymnasium’s reopening—will be communicated as the information becomes available.

The Dare County Parks and Recreation Department appreciates the community’s patience and understanding as work to complete this important facility upgrade continues.

To view a calendar of Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s Northern Beach Division activities, please click here. For more information about the roof replacement project and temporary closure of the gymnasium at the Dare County Youth Center, please contact the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s Northern Beach Division office at 252-475-5920.

REMINDER: 

Due to a planned parking lot repaving project at Family Recreation Park, the Dare County Youth Center—as well as all facilities and fields throughout the park located at 602 Mustian Street—will be closed beginning at 12 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2024 and will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 25, 2024.

During this time, all regularly scheduled programs and activities—including pickleball and the after-school program—at Family Recreation Park’s facilities (both indoor and outdoor) will be canceled. Family Recreation Park’s tennis courts will remain open and accessible while the parking lot is being repaved; however, onsite parking will not be available during the project.*

*After hours public parking is available at the Dare County Water Department (600 Mustian Street), Kill Devil Hills Library (400 Mustian Street), Thomas A. Baum Senior Center (300 Mustian Street) and First Flight Elementary School (107 Veterans Drive). 

For more information about the closures for the parking lot repavement project, please contact the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s Northern Beach Division office at 252-475-5920.