On March 12, 2024, the City of Fishers broke ground on the new Fishers Community Center at Johnson Farms. The Fishers Community Center will be a gathering space for residents, bringing together health and wellness amenities like a 105,000 square-foot recreation center, an indoor playground for kids, an indoor walking track, athletic courts, a huge dog park, an aquatics facility with a two-story waterslide, and a cafe onsite. The community center is slated to be the new epicenter of the community in the City of Fishers once completed.
Fishers Community Center Opening 2025
The Fishers Community Center is projected to open in the spring of 2025. The long-anticipated project has been in the works since 2021 and was designed based on input from residents. A steering committee, chaired by Fishers City Councilor Todd Zimmerman, was formed to identify and prioritize the needs of the community. Nearly 3,500 residents completed a survey and shared the amenities they most desired in a new indoor facility; a dog park, indoor playground, track, and aquatic facility were the top items and all were included in the design.
Amenities For Residents and Non-Residents
Located on Hoosier Road near 121st Street, the new community center will be available to residents and non-residents. The center will offer memberships and day passes, with discounts for Fishers residents. Amenities including the indoor playground, indoor track, and cafe will be free to residents and non-residents.
Featured Amenities:
- Aquatics facility with a lap pool and a zero-depth entry warm water pool
- 18,600 square-foot gymnasium featuring three basketball courts, which can be converted into volleyball and pickleball courts
- Cafe operated by Sahm’s Hospitality Group
- Large outdoor dog park
- Second-level fitness and wellness center, including a spin studio and group exercise room with 100+ exercise machines, free weights, and artificial turf zones
- Indoor track for walking and running
- Roof terrace to host outdoor exercise classes
Family Amenities
- 5,300 square-foot indoor playground with a tall play structure, low climbing and play features, and a separate toddler zone
- Childcare facility with active play and arts/craft zones and separate areas for infants, toddlers, and school-aged children
- Zero-depth entry warm water pool with an 18-foot waterslide and play features
Meeting Space
- Multipurpose rooms
- Public gathering spaces
- Roof terrace to host outdoor gatherings
- Clinical rooms and offices for the Fishers Health Department
Accessibility
The Fisher Community Center will also be the new home of the Fishers Health Department and Outside the Box’s adult day program to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Other accessibility features include:
- Adult companion care rooms
- Zero-entry pool
- Water wheelchair
- Accessible fitness equipment
The Fishers Community Center at Johnson Farms will be a place to exercise, play, and come together with friends, family, and neighbors. Created for the community by the community, as resident input was integral in designing the center, it is hoped that the center will bring residents together and give individuals a sense of place and community.
The City of Fishers is really bringing it when it comes to things to do, events, activities, gathering spaces, and creating community. In addition to the highly anticipated Fishers Community Center, Fishers boasts excellent hiking and biking trails, the Fishers Agripark urban farm, outdoor adventure at Flat Fork Creek Park, Ignite Studio makerspace and art studio, and Saxony Beach & Lake—just to name a few!
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