Program areas at Goleta Valley Community Center
General programs:provide a facility where members of the public, as individuals, groups, or organizations may meet for discussion of matters of general or public interest or may engage in recreational, educational, social, political, and other activities. There are a number of user groups that provide levels of services to the Community. These groups include, but are not limited to,: faith-based, educational, non-profit, commercial, recreational, and/or general public users. These groups regularly book month-to month, single use rentals or long term rentals. General programs also include providing use of space and facilities for three major holiday events: veteran's day, senior party day and christmas.
Senior Center program:the Center offers a wide variety of activities for our registered seniors. We provide a number of different rooms for the various passive and active recreational opportunities, which include line dancing, chair yoga, tai chi, porcelain painting, bridge, bingo, sew bunka,knitting, Community action commission senior nutrition, santa barbara county foodbank brown bag program, ping-pong, swing along dance program, tap dancing, legal aid foundation legal assistance, aarp tax assistance, and hicap counseling services.the length of time is dependent upon the program; however, most programs offer 45 minute to 1 hour segments one to two times per week.note: there were no senior services offered for this fiscal year
Provide access to affordable long-term rental space to service providers that might not otherwise be able to afford to operate in this Community due to high market rental costs. The organizations renting space in the Community Center are specifically chosen to complement each other and to provide affordable access to childcare, education, and health/wellness services all in one convenient location in the Community. The Center negotiates use of the facility from the city of Goleta and strives to provide rents that are both affordable and consistent year after year.