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The Community Center is a civic restoration project in Melino, the launch town of Paralives. It sits in the Old Town area, in the ruins of an old building that has been overgrown with vegetation, and townsfolk are working to rebuild it into a functioning community space. Only the single remaining tower of the original ruins still stands; its trapdoor is non-functional. The building resembles a ruined cathedral and sits opposite the Hospital on the town map. See Town Venues for the full venue directory.

Restoration Through Donations

The Community Center's central mechanic is a donation-driven restoration. Townsfolk are building the community center in the ruins of the historic building and ask the household for donations to start and advance the project. A Parafolk can interact with books located inside the ruins; these books list what the community needs and let the player fulfill those requirements.

Contributions are organized into Community Bundles, grouped into four categories. As bundles are completed, the Community Center's progress advances and the surrounding neighborhood may improve.

The donation loop overlaps with several launch systems. Paintings and prepared food connect to the household's creative and cooking activities, technology objects come from the Build Mode catalog, and the funding category draws on household paradimes. Gathering and donating items also ties into the broader Collectibles loop and can surface as objectives through Goals.

Hours and Access

The Community Center has no fixed opening hours and can be accessed at any time. Because the town is a seamless open world with no loading screens, a Parafolk can walk straight up to the ruins and interact with the donation books without a transition.

Location

The Community Center is positioned in the Old Town area and sits directly opposite the Hospital, so the two civic venues are easy to reach together. It is reachable on foot through the open world or by the PL130 bus line for households living further out; see Bus Stops, Transportation, and Town Districts for the town layout.

Civic Identity

The restoration ties into the town's wider civic life. Newspaper commentary in The New Paper references town happenings, and figures such as Mayor Gloomberg anchor the governance side of the community. The studio framed the town as a believable, lived-in place, and the Community Center is one of the projects that lets a household leave a visible mark on the neighborhood as it is rebuilt. For the town's history and environmental storytelling, see Lore and World-Building.

Related Pages

• Town Venues for the full Melino venue directory.

• Hospital, the health center directly opposite the Community Center.

• Collectibles for the items used in donation bundles.

• Build Mode for the technology objects the Technology bundle asks for.