Loneliness is one of the most widespread and under-addressed challenges of our time. It touches teenagers looking for their people, adults seeking connection beyond work and home, and seniors who want regular reasons to leave the house.

Ardmore already understands the value of community recreation — the local YMCA serves more than 6,500 members. That success proves people here will invest in places that deliver belonging. Nerdy Meeple is the complementary invitation: a place centered on play, creativity, and genuine human connection in an alcohol-free, smoke-free environment.

Your support does more than construct walls and a roof. It:

Creates 25–40 local jobs with real paychecks circulating in the Ardmore economy
Gives thousands of people a standing invitation to belong
Builds a lasting community asset that will serve generations
Turns isolation into shared laughter on a skate rink, around a game table, or under stage lights

We are raising $10 million to make this vision real — land, 36,000 SQ FT building, specialty floors for skating and dancing, kitchen for at cost restaurant, classrooms, seating, outdoor gathering spaces, and the contingency needed to finish strong.

Every gift, whether a major naming opportunity or a heartfelt contribution of any size, moves us closer to the day the doors open and fewer people in our community have to sit alone.

New Building Fund - The Nerdy Meeple RecPlex