First opened in 2005, the Dougherty Station Community Center is a 28,500 square foot complex at the intersection of Bollinger Canyon Road and East Branch Parkway.
The Community Center is open Monday through Friday and has several facilities, including conference rooms for small group meetings or business presentations, a professionally outfitted catering kitchen and a large reception and dining hall.
The center is also home to the 90-seat Front Row Theater and the Dougherty Station Library. The library is a joint-use facility serving the public as well as Diablo Valley College and contains computer labs with 40 public computers and free WI-FI Internet access. The library's Community Room as well as the Community Center's conference and dining rooms are available for rent.
Central Park is the largest of San Ramon's multi-feature parks, offering 55 acres of recreation that includes a skateboard park, tennis courts, soccer and baseball fields, a lighted basketball court, a new playground and acres of open parkland with trees, picnic benches and fountains.
It also has a new playground adjacent to the Community Center. Kids can slide down the colorful slides, climb on the rock-climbing wall, and dig in the small sand patch for play fossils remains.
The annual San Ramon Art & Wind Festival takes place at the park each Memorial Day weekend, drawing huge crowds to kite-flying demonstrations, live entertainment, kids' activities, and art and craft booths.
In the summer, it hosts a free concert series. Families can bring blankets and picnic dinners and enjoy bands ranging from jazzy blues to music of the '80s.
It is also home to the San Ramon Community Center, which hosts conferences, classes and the Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery.
First opened in 1989, the San Ramon Community Center is a 23,000-square-foot complex adjacent to Central Park. It is open Monday through Friday and has several facilities including two conference rooms for small group meetings or business presentations, a dance studio, an art room with a ceramics workshop and three larger rooms for social events. The Alcosta, Terrace and Fountain rooms are ideal for larger functions and contain features such as catering kitchenettes, patios, removable dance floors and theater stage.
It is home to the Lindsay Dirkx Brown Art Gallery, which has viewing areas on both of the center's floors. To check room availability please see the city of San Ramon's official Web site.
