Things To Do In Summerfield

During a customized or classic tour, you and up to two other city-curious tour-takers will cruise around town in a luxurious 2010 Lexus sedan while getting a cultural, educational, or nightlifeical perspective of the city. Prospective students or long-graduated parents can take the college tour to see major area institutions, plaque lovers can groove on the museum circuit, and those looking for a dose of the past can zoom out to the Mendenhall Plantation; 10 different tour options mean that there are sights to interest a jaded Greensboroian who thinks he's seen everything and the supercilious guest who needs but one tour to be wooed by the sights of the South. Each tour is fully narrated, and Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese translators are available for the foreign dignitary you may have met over a game of hopscotch.

The volunteer coaches at Greensboro United Soccer Association teach children and adults of all ages and skill levels how to sharpen their soccer skills during various programs. GUSA’s primary goal is to enrich the community, whether it's creating camps to prepare teenagers for their high-school soccer season, or outreach programs that bring pickup soccer games to nearly 150 children in area schools.

The Proehlific Park Family Sports Complex and Fitness Center is a sprawling facility, whose space opens up for youth and adult programs, fitness activities, and sports. Three basketball courts and a 70-yard turf field welcome soccer and flag-football leagues. Meanwhile, the fitness center holds a weight room, spinning studio, cardio center, along with group exercise classes such as yoga, Zumba, and Pilates. While not relaxing in comfortable locker rooms complete with saunas, customers will also find free wireless and a smoothie bar in the lobby.

Dedicated to granting kids a safe, fun play space where even tumbles result in laughter, Monkey Joe's goes out of its way to foster a friendly environment for all guests. Throughout the day, the eagle-eyed staff—in adherence with a rigorous Safety Access Child Control System—oversees kids at play on the inflatable slides, obstacle courses, and climbing walls that dapple the indoor play area, with video monitoring on hand for further peace of mind. The main play area fields the bounces of youthful guests aged 12 and younger, and the Mini Monkey Zone's games and puzzles afford toddlers a chance to escape the world of older kids and their pre-algebra jokes for a recreational haven of their own. In addition to walk-in play, a bustling party zone facilitates gravity-defying birthday celebrations tended to by cheery staff. As their progeny run and jump, parents can retreat to the tranquil confines of the adult lounge with a computer station, comfortable chairs, and flat-screen TVs. Even after the ebullient crowds of tots have cleared the premises, the staff remains committed to children's well-being as they scour every inch of the inflatable equipment with sanitizing cleaners that evict common germs trying to nap in the cloud-like nooks and crannies.

Julie Luther has spent the last 25 years encouraging greater health and fitness in whatever way she can. She has shared fitness secrets as a columnist for the Greensboro News and Record, created and hosted her own televised fitness show, and even spent three years training members of the Marine Corps Reserve. She continues her efforts at Julie Luther's PurEnergy Fitness Center, and has recruited a staff certified in personal training, spinning, yoga, and other fields to help people get in shape.

Rows of treadmills, weight machines, stationary bikes, and elliptical machines line the sage-green walls inside her intimate studio. Instructors encourage students through body-sculpting, yoga, and spinning classes, as well as SilverSneakers workouts designed to help older clients stay in shape and hustle youngsters in footraces. The coaches also structure specialized boot camps and 12-week personal-training programs to help individuals attain personal goals.

In addition to eleven Gold Crown IV 9-foot tables and three Diamond 7-foot tables, Gate City offers foosball, darts, video games, board games, and a non-smoking pool area. Steady-handed aficionados and novices can take advantage of affordable rates that include a $4-per-hour unlimited player rate until 8 p.m. and an $8-per-hour unlimited player rate from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Players can also kick back while grabbing a drink from the fully stocked bar and catching a game on big-screen HD TVs and imaging cranial lasers.