John M. Perzel Community Center

Senior Program – The CDC currently has a full time senior citizen advocate that supports all senior programs sponsored by the CDC. The senior advocate manages over a dozen programs during the day at the center and several in the early evenings. These programs include (but are not limited to): walking classes, movies, box lunches and board games, Tai Chi, self-defense classes, computer classes for all levels, men’s 60 and over softball, arts and crafts, home improvement classes, and more. The senior program also sponsors special events such as Retirement in Place classes, book exchanges, safety “game show”, summer concerts, and pinochle tournaments.

Arts & Cultural Programs – In partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, the CDC conducts a Follies show and a play during the year, one in the summer and one in the fall. We also team with Mural Arts and hold a nine week mural arts program that ends with a project that can be used in one of the properties owned and operated by the CDC.

 

On January 20, 2006, a new era in Mayfair and its redevelopment were ushered in, as the John M. Perzel Community Center became open for business.  The Center was named after State Representative John M. Perzel, who has been a tremendous supporter of the Mayfair Community Development Corporation and the surrounding Mayfair area.  The Community Center features two full length basketball courts, four full side courts, a computer lab which seats eight, a kitchen, a community room, and an upstairs which is utilized by Mayfair Town Watch as their headquarters.