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YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS FACILITY IS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD.
Located on a secluded 54-acre campus in the heart of South Charlotte, the Levine Jewish Community Center is a family-oriented, vibrant facility where you can feel a sense of community and belonging. From our state-of-the-art fitness center to our expansive athletic fields and courts, from our sports programs for youth and adults to our cultural arts activities - the Levine JCC can offer you a place to maintain a healthy lifestyle, build relationships and engage in activities for all ages.
Whether you are new to Charlotte or have been here for years, we invite you to come and share in all we have to offer. The Levine JCC is a diverse, inclusive, multi-cultural community center, open to everyone of all faiths.
SERVING THE CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS
HOW DID THE JCC EVOLVE?
It all began as an early social club called the "Progressive Club," which was formed in the mid 1930s. Located on the southeast corner of East Morehead Street and South Tryon, the club was later moved to the second story of a building at East Morehead near Harding Place.
Still needing a place to "roam," ground for the future Amity Country Club was purchased on Sharon Amity road, shortly after World War II, with the original plan of having a place for the Jewish War Veterans of WWII to gather with family, play tennis and picnic. The "Amity Club" developed into a "Southern style country club" that had a restaurant, card rooms, two outdoor handball courts, a swimming pool, baseball diamond, and tennis courts. It was a place where individuals and organizations could gather and socialize. They could rest, play, meet and always feel welcome.
In August of 1983, a fire destroyed the Amity Club's main building. Though the pool, tennis courts and bathhouse were intact, Community leaders vowed to step up plans that were already under way for a new $5.1 million dollar community center off Providence Road. In the spring of 1986, the Blumenthal Education Building and the Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center Building (the present JCC) opened at Shalom Park.
Shalom Park represents a unique joint venture of the Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation for Greater Charlotte, Jewish Family Services, Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, the Foundation of Shalom Park, the Charlotte Jewish Preschool, the Charlotte Jewish Day School, the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, and the Center for Jewish Education that includes the Levine-Sklut Library and the Blumenthal Educator Resource Center, where all these agencies are located on a beautiful 54-acre wooded site in southeast Charlotte.