Lenexa’s City Center has many places to eat, shop, and have fun. This article will highlight a few of those places that are within walking distance or just a short drive away.
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Jason Dailey
Johnson County Library - Lenexa City Center Library
The Johnson County Library has over a dozen branches, one of which is in the Lenexa City Center. Inside, there are numerous cozy spots to sit back and enjoy a good book. There’s a dedicated children’s section, so kids can play while their parents do some work at one of the many seating areas with charging stations.
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Lenexa Rec Center
The Lenexa Rec Center offers a lot of amenities, including an indoor pool with slides, a lazy river, a kiddie pool, and a warm water wellness pool. The pool also offers swim lessons. If you’re a member of the Lenexa Rec Center, the pool is free; otherwise, the cost is $9 for Lenexa residents and $12 for non-residents.
Also in the Rec Center is the activity gym: a fully enclosed gym space that has a wide variety of uses. The Rec Center hosts many scheduled events in the activity gym, but people can use the space freely when there isn’t an event taking place. The activity gym has built-in soccer goals as well as court lines for pickleball and dodgeball.
The second gym in the facility is on the second floor. This gym is less open, as it can only be used for basketball, volleyball, and pickleball. Open-play basketball is always available, and volleyball and pickleball are available on a rotation.
The third floor of the Rec Center is the fitness floor, housing gym equipment and an indoor walking track. You must be 16 or older to use the equipment freely, but children ages 12-15 can use it after taking a youth equipment orientation.
If you’re bringing children with you while you work out or take a fitness class, they can have fun in the Kid Zone. In the Kid Zone, children up to 11 years old will have supervised playtime for a maximum of 2 hours at a time. There are many toys and craft materials, and an indoor climbing wall and basketball hoops so they can get their own exercise.
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Bill Harrison
Lenexa Public Market
The Lenexa Public Market is an indoor space with food stalls and seating areas. You can enjoy burgers, tacos, coffee, baked treats, and more from local businesses like Comso Burger and Red Kitchen KC.
Wednesday nights at the Public Market are family nights, where there are indoor and outdoor activities for all ages to enjoy. Every Friday night from April to October is Friday Night Sound Bites, where you can enjoy live music and local food trucks.
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Bake Hamilton
Made in KC: Lenexa
8703 Penrose Ln, Lenexa, KansasJust across the road from the Public Market and library is the Made in KC Marketplace. Here, you can buy almost anything you can think of, from clothing to home decor to books. Everything at the Made in KC store is, as the name suggests, made locally by Kansas City artists, authors, and chefs.
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Electric Park
95th Street and Loiret Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219Right on the other side of Highway 435, there are still more fun places to visit. One of those places is Electric Park. It’s not a park that’s talked about often, but it deserves some love. This ten-acre park includes playgrounds with shelters, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, a walking trail, and more. There are two different playgrounds, one for younger children and one for older kids. The playground equipment has a more modern feel, with things to balance and spin on.
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Sonoma Plaza
8875, Lenexa, Kansas Maurer Ct,Another area across the highway with many places to eat is Sonoma Plaza. Most of the businesses in Sonoma Plaza are within walking distance of each other. Some notable places include McKeever’s - a grocery store with a place to eat inside - Mod Pizza, Hawaiian Bros, and The Big Biscuit.
If dessert is more your thing, you should check out the recently opened Cookie Co, which sells large, homemade, gourmet cookies. With over 100 different flavors and a weekly rotating menu, every visit will offer new choices.
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