Sylvester Powell Jr Community Center

Great NYE party gir kids so well planned! Loved the bounce house and especially balloon drop!This place also had open play twice a week in the mornings for little kids.

I checked in to attend a friend's 50th birthday party. The last time I was here, we celebrated my mother's 65th birthday party.The venue is very clean (even the bathrooms) and the room was neat and a nice size, to accommodate our party. This particular room had a kitchen off to the side.The area reminds you of a residential/shopping area. There's a police station, bank, DMV, post office, HyVee, and tons of restaurants, in the area.I would highly recommend this venue if you're looking to host a birthday party, baby shower, etc.

Has everything you might want in a indoor community center: pools, walk/run tracks, indoor ball court assortment, mechanical and manual workout equipment, trainers, large and small meeting and banquet size rooms, classes for all ages, child care for limited times and much moreFriendly staff are there to help.

Sly P will always hold a special place in my heart. I've been visiting this community center ever since I was a little girl. Now, I'm a member and go there to workout several times a week! There's just something about it that feels comfortable to me. Maybe it's the simple fact that it's a community center and people from all over the area visit regularly. Maybe it's the incredibly friendly staff. Either way, I look forward to going and that's not ever something I thought I would say! Sylvester Powell has two full basketball courts that can be transformed in volleyball and other various sports courts. Several racquetball courts a pool with a lazy river, slide, and children's area, various rooms for classes and presentations/parties, and of course a fully equipped workout area with all of the machines you could imagine and plenty of weights. You really can't find anything missing or better than this lovely community center and at only $7 per visit without a membership. What's not to love?

I love this community center for a couple of reasons. The first is that it just looks so pretty from the outside! The tan colored brick looks great and it really is something so pleasant to see in Mission. The next thing I really like is the wide scope of activities they offer here. Their seasonal classes have everything from arts and crafts to bootcamp and cycling. They also have really creative classes and are always trying new things. My favorite so far- the cycling class where you watch an action movie the entire time, doing different speeds depending on what is happening in the movie. They are also offering a 'tour of wine country' class this winter where you 'cycle' through different wineries, learn about wine, and then after your workout, you get to try the wine you just learned about. I'm not so sure I want to drink after exercising, but it's an awesome idea. If you live in Mission, it is definitely worth it to check out a class here.

I am a member here. I have been coming on a regular basis for about 4 years now. Great facility, & employees!!

I like my community center and I've been a member for many years however you don't dare complain or you will be threatened by the Exec Director with the loss of your membership. She actually told 17 members she didn't want to hear even a peep from them ever again. If she did, she will pull their membership. Members aren't happy about it but can't speak up. Few months later, when a member overheard a basketball player threatened another player to bring in a gun to resolve a dispute, the member could not report it for fear it would be interpreted as a complaint. On another day the gym lights were turned off to conserve electricity even though a volleyball game going on in the gym. As the sun set, the gym grew darker and more dangerous. Players were running into dark corners to get the ball. Someone could have been injured but the members didn't complain for fear they would have their membership revoked. This is not a fair way to do business, so for this I can give only two stars.

A great gym, it just kinda sucks that even members have to pay for additional classes. I've always found it weird that there are big meeting and event rooms, but possibly weirder that people hold their wedding receptions there. I mean, the rooms are nice and all, but it still smells like sweat and chlorine.

My review is solely for the "indoor playground" sessions held from 0930-1130, Tuesday-Friday, October-March. The cost is $2 per child, and there is an extensive collection of toys and equipment for young children to enjoy. This equipment includes: bouncy castles, climbing jungle gym structures, play houses, crawling tunnels, ride-on cars and tricycles, balls, large foam and plastic blocks, a very small slides, etc. if you are a parent with only one child, this might be a wonderful option for letting your toddler expend his energy when the weather is prohibitive of outdoor play. However, stellar reviews of this experience reveal the "singleton conspiracy" of ideas that best succeed for a parent with only one child. As the mother of twins, my visit today could only be described as a preview of a special circle of hell. Although one of my twenty-six-month-old daughters had a great time, my other twenty-six-month-old daughter was as miserable as I was. Now, actually, the fact that one two-year-old was crying because she felt so overwhelmed by the crowd made life a bit more manageable for us; because she wanted to be held and hated to be out of arms reach from me for even a second meant that we were able to follow the other two-year-old. I only lost a child once during our hour-and-a-quarter visit (though somehow the whole experience seemed MUCH longer....). The gym was TERRIBLY CROWDED, which made for a chaos that I do not desire to repeat. Now, in all fairness, part of the problem was coming on a day when schools were not in session. There were quite a few older children who rampantly ran over the pre-school kids. Around the perimeter of the gym are where parents set their coats, diaper bags, infant carriers, etc. (For mothers with an infant in addition to a toddler, a carrier that straps your baby to your chest seems ESSENTIAL to the experience. You will be chasing your toddler and intervening when he or she takes a tumble, gets into a tussle with another child, decides he or she wants to play on the other side of the gym three seconds after to think he or she has committed to playing in any given area, etc.) The mothers sitting amongst their belongings around the edges of the gym best resemble refugees as they cradle crying children and ply their cranky offspring with goldfish crackers and sippy cups. My children were disinclined to sit on the peripheries with their snacks; they wanted to carry their snack cups of goldfish and their straw cups of water with them. Efforts to convince one daughter that she must leave her precious snacks with me if she wanted to play on the moon-bounce resulted in an obstinant decision to keep her cups and not bounce. If my children didn't know that I always have an emergency stash of snacks in my diaper bag, I'd have preferred that they had not gotten early access to their snack cups. Keeping track of two toddlers AND their accessories (remember, kids are obliged to remove their shoes before entering the moon-bouces, so you are frequently picking those up as you chase down your young) could try the patience of the best of us. I might try bringing my two two-year-old daughters back here again, but my experience today was bad enough to give me serious pause about making the attempt again. I will say that the area is enclosed enough that it would be difficult for a child to escape entirely, even if he or she manages to get out of sight for a moment. And the safety standards seem to be appropriate for pre-school children and the equipment well managed. I would wholly recommend this for a parent with only one child. If you are a mother of multiples as I am, I would consider bringing an additional adult to help or thinking of a different option for indoor play.

LOVE THAT PLACE!! . The staff is always pleasant! If you need anything, they make every attempt to accommodate your needs!