Quinlan Community Center

«The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.»
― Robert Frost
I attended the Housing, Community & Longevity: Here Comes the Age Wave conference sponsored by the City of Cupertino and the Institute for Aging yesterday and like the subject matter, this facility is aging. Built in 1990, this Community center may have been innovative when it was built but now in the afternoon of its life span it is in need of remodeling. While it is located in a bucolic setting fronting a public park surrounded by mature trees, the facility itself is in need of an update. A sound system that made the presenters difficult to understand, a bathroom that while it had disabled access also had fixtures that were in need of replacing combined with an outmoded seating arrangement made this a less than ideal setting for this event.
Parking is either on street for events or behind center in park. Hopefully the boatload of Apple money coming in to the City will allow the financing of a refurbishment and updating of this facility. Cupertino should have a world class Community Center to go along with its world class companies and outstanding school district.
At least I enjoyed the turkey sandwiches but unfortunately was stuck with Sour Cream & Onion chips instead of my seatmate who received chile cheese Fritos!
P. S. One interesting factoid from conference: 15% of the world’s population by 2050 will be 65 and older. That’s a lot of old people!!!

Are these people in the dark ages? Trying to book a meeting or an event is like pulling teeth! They refuse to fax or email anything (everything has to be IN person or over snail mail) and getting any answers is almost useless. It’s a great space, I sure hope they can get up to speed with the rest of the world. Businesses are busy! We don’t want to walk down there to fill out paper work!

We were looking for a venue to throw a first birthday party for 2 babies with a total of about 80 folks. We found the Quinlan community center off the website and booked the room immediately. Everything from the showing of the space to the checkout at the end of our event was very smooth. We used the Social Room and it was perfect for our party. Everyone commented on how nice the venue is, especially with the easy access to the outdoor courtyard and nearby playground to let all our kiddie guests burn off some energy. We would definitely use this venue again and highly recommend it.

A great facility to host events. They provide good service & have great equipment.

The city of Cupertino have some emplyees they give the best custumer service, even though they have limited abliities after 5pm but are open until 10pm, I can tell that they are doing the best of there abilities to help the customer out. They always great costumers with a smile and a warm welcome. The city of Cupertino has great oppertunitys for everyone, plus they have a family friendly envirment.

I guess I need to adjust my expectations down when a business in City operated but it is still frustrating that so many of the staff at Quinlan are inept. It amazes me that they have operating hours until 10pm yet the people there after 5pm are snot nosed high school kids that know nothing. Why not make it clear that you can’t get any reservations made for rooms after 5pm instead of telling me I can come until 10pm only to have a kid at the front desk tell me they don’t know how to do it?

QUINLAN COMMUNITY CENTER
Happy 60^th Birthday my sister’s mother-​in-​law, Sumru Aral!!! Dinner was held in one of the conference rooms of the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino, where the theme was ladybugs!!! Ladybugs here, ladybugs there, ladybugs everywhere! Jacklynn and I even created our own ladybug birthday gift! Dinner was catered by Gyros House — the Turkish food was delicious!!! Oz’s slideshow of his mother was priceless! Happy Birthday and to many more to come! The Quinlan Community Center was a wonderful place to host parties because the conference rooms were large and spacious. Next time I throw a big party, I wouldn’t mind hosting it here!

Since I happen to work PT for the City of Cupertino, I might be biased. But anywho… I’ve been here for a few city related events. I like the building and how clean it is. If you are facing a window you get a nice view of the park outside. They offer a bunch of classes for the public, I’ll never to get take one, but they look like a lot of fun. Along the walls there are art paintings for sale, most likely drawn by local students taking an art class.
I think they have Christmas parties here and all kinds of public events.