Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex

The communities that are served by the current Windsor Recreation Center, Vance Chavis Library, and Nocho Park have flourished for decades but have also seen transitions to lack of access to necessary services and economic impact. With a vision and change to meet the needs of the Greensboro community, Greensboro Public Libraries and Parks and Recreation have set out to create a centralized community hub to meet the ever-growing and changing population of the surrounding area while provide service delivery in way that has never been done. 

The library is no longer a place where you simply check out a book, but it is now a community gathering place that houses multiple amenities for visitors, such as maker spaces, writer’s lounges, and specialty spaces focused on different age groups such that there is truly something for everyone.

A recreation center is now not only comprised of basketball courts and swimming pools, but includes multiple types of sports surfaces as well as aquatic centers with a variety of play areas and community service centers.

Parks are no longer just a playground and ballpark, but now include universal play spaces, community outdoor gym facilities, and even a place to celebrate the significant history of a community.

The new Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex will bring these elements together to both serve as a community resource and simultaneously tell the unique story of the community through its design.

The 65,000 sq. ft. facility will provide residents a place to learn and play together; improving daily living through health wellness, offer access to City and County services, promoting lifelong learning, and encouraging social interaction. Utilizing a community-based program design, the engagement efforts touched over 4,000 residents from the surrounding community and Greensboro at large.

The indoor spaces are designed for flexibility with open sight lines, multifunction spaces and movable furnishings. Indoor spaces will consist of indoor aquatics including a lazy river, water slide and lap swim, teaching kitchen, gymnasium, walking track, weight room, fitness room, sensory space, dedicated spaces for children, teens, and seniors, and flexile programming rooms and spaces both indoor and outdoor. Tailored program specific lending kiosks, traditional collections, and book vending will bring a innovative learning experience.

Through a collaborative with the City, Guilford County will offer various services to residents from county departments including Public Health, Social Services, and Cooperative Extension at the Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex. Residents will have access to eligibility services including Medicaid, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS), and Women, Infants, and Children services (WIC).

Public Health and Cooperative Extension will offer educational classes centered on wellness, exercise, and health and nutrition. Cooperative Extension will also connect residents with food recourses through the county’s food security program. 

Nocho Park renovation will include replacing existing restrooms and upgrading a multi-purpose field to regulation size, replacing and relocating playground equipment with an innovative nature play area, adding a full-size covered basketball pavilion, amphitheater, wide pathways, relaxation area including hammock poles, additional parking, sustainable landscaping, and stormwater control devices. The site will feature multiple community gathering areas with Bosque seating, picnic tables, bench seating, a shade structure, and lighting throughout.