Napoleonville, LA

Assumption Community Center

The Assumption Parish Community Center is a 33,800 square foot multipurpose building. Construction was completed in the fall of 2012 with a construction cost of approximately $8.5 million. The center can handle local club meetings, as well as large public gatherings and the return of residents after storm evacuations. The structure has emergency power to run the entire facility.

This project was funded by the Louisiana Recovery Authority. The main arena space is 22,500 square feet and can accommodate high school regulation volleyball and basketball with seating for 1,100 people. In a cross court arrangement there are two regulation volleyball courts with seating for 700 people. The main arena also has a 4,350 square foot performance platform area that can accommodate high school graduation and performance type functions with a seating capacity in the main arena of 1,800 people. The reception hall is a total of 7,000 square feet of meeting space with bars and covered patio courtyards. This hall can be used as a single space to accommodate 700 people. It can also be divided into two spaces with separate facilities for each room. A 900 square foot full service catering kitchen is provided adjacent to the reception area and main arena.

The bayou-side park located on the batture of Bayou Lafourche, adjacent to the new Assumption Parish Community Center, was designed by DDG to create a multi-functional open space that would serve as a recreational use and help mitigate storm water run-off before discharging into the bayou. As designed, the park has a walking trail that guides the user through the park to the bayou’s upper bank with benches to allow for sitting and passive enjoyment of the bayou’s intrinsic natural charm. The picnic pavilion allows for outdoor use and protection from the sun and afternoon showers prevalent in a south Louisiana summer. The simple placement of park trees and just a splash of ornamental flowering shrubbery indicative of the region allows for an attractive, easily maintained park setting. DDG regraded the slope in order to accommodate the design.