In this holiday season, I'm feeling grateful for having access to such a professionally run, well…read moremaintained facility staffed by caring and committed fitness professionals. Many thanks to Lisa for impactful small group fitness, Kathy for barre and reformer Pilates, and Dave for yin yoga. There are many others who could be included in this gratitude message!

This is a great place. I take the water aerobics. The pool is at a great temperature for…read moreexercising and they put a bubble over it in the cooler months. Love al the teachers also as it's obvious they are very dedicated and I get a fabulous workout. There are several classes during the week so if i can't make one day there are many other days avaialbe. After aerobics I go into the hot tub which is a nice wind down. Every one who I have dealt with there have been so knowledgeable and professional and very nice. I like the locker room also. There are nice showers and plenty of different rooms to dress and store my stuff. I am very happy I found this place!

I've gone to "the bubble" for years for soccer games with my kids (winter league) and also for two…read moreyears with one in their club soccer program. Regarding the latter, personal experiences with John Smith himself always fun, positive and entertaining - however rest of club experience was very disappointing, your mileage may vary, but I'm certainly not a fan based on my experience. This is a review of the facility being a venue for (winter) soccer league games, and this comes from many years of going there with two children for just that reason. If you have not been, the place is basically a large bubble\dome (think tennis bubble but much larger) that holds two walled turf fields built like hockey rinks with walls on all sides, and then PlexiGlass shields and nets in others designed to keep balls in play and away from spectators. Each field has metal grandstands on one side of the field for spectators. Amenities-wise, there is a small bathroom area, a tiny shop up front where you can buy basic soccer stuff, and\or uniforms if you are in the club program. They also have an inflatable play area suitable for young (under 10?) kids. At times they have also set up an inflatable laser tag game but I haven't seen it recently. Most of the time I'm there I see kids playing soccer or training for lacrosse in the two turf fields. There is also often a large contingent of local Ecuadorians playing volleyball on a side field. Lots of activity. The facility wasn't really 'nice' when I first started going years ago and if anything has gone downhill a bit since. It's always seemed kind of beat up and dirty inside. Their parking lot is dangerously unlit, and feels unsafe at night, especially in winter. You can't see the ground well, nor easily catch sight of the kids darting from the parking area to the front entrance. There isn't even an illuminated sign at the entrance that makes it apparent where to turn in for parking. The have changed food options several times over the years. For a couple years they had a snack bar that had a good selection of food and seemed to be staffed by really nice people. But it was often not open for night games. Then this winter I went in and was dismayed to find it was closed down, replaced by a row of (mostly I think) drink machines. One last thing - on one field spectators and players are on same side and can see the scoreboard clearly. But on the back field players and spectators are on opposite sides, and they hung the scoreboard so that the players can see it but spectators cannot without getting down from the stands and waking a few feet away to turn and loop up at it. It's really annoying that I pay for and drive my kids to the games for years, and I can't even see the score half the time. I've asked JSS staff about this, they don't care, and generally my impression of them is that they are really not very customer oriented. This is a shame because the location is perfect for serving the surrounding towns, and the kids really like playing indoor sports, but the facility is in desperate need of an overhaul and maybe a change in management.

Really disappointed with their customer service. The…read moreplayzone itself is very simple but was loads of fun for the kids, and I think it is a great feature in the facility for kids to play while their siblings are in sports practice. We live 30mins away, had a Groupon for their playzone that we were saving for a special rainy day treat. Brought 5 kids to the play zone and they had a blast. Their website said they were open until 8pm, but after being there for an hour from 2-3pm they announced they were closing. I politely showed the website hours & was told they didn't have time to update the website yet, so I asked for a voucher because we were disappointed and I felt it was unfair & poor customer service. We were told no, and that she told me they were closing at 3 upon check-in (which nobody remembered hearing). I have never written a yelp review before but felt this was such poor customer service, really disappointed. It's not the money, it's the customer service. Would have made a big difference to show compassion & understanding in this situation.

Good facility with lots of options in a decent location. The membership pricing is too high for…read morewhat is offered though (depending on what your goal or purpose of joining is).

Stay away from their summer kids camp. Check out Pilgrim day camp in framingham, they blow this…read moreplace out of the water. My kid was in both this summer, trust me. Complete negligence here cause no oversight by adults, all I see is teenagers who need supervision themselves.

We moved recently to franklin area and i was looking for a good daycare for my toddler. I speoke…read moreto many daycares and though ngcc only had part time availability at start , i still chose ngcc as i want some peace of mind when my toddler is in daycare. The food is prepared in house as opposed to other daycares who give frozen foods. I was assured my toddler will be getting fresh food with variety and she will be exposed to lot of cuisines. Activity wise also they teach them lot of things and i was surprised to see my toddler's vocabulary had suddenly increased and she could count, tell colors apart and alphabets.. I am happy with the move.. only con i would say the price changed steeply from 1 year to other and i wish the prices stay under 500 per week

We highly recommend Next Generation Children's Center at the Franklin location. Our daughter just…read morecompleted the Infant program and will be moving up to the Toddler group next month. Over the past 13 months she has bonded so well with her teachers and her peers and she has mastered many skills (both verbal and physical) along the way. The center's food menu has a great variety and, honestly, I feel less stressed not to have to worry about packing her lunch and subsequently she has learned not to be a picky eater at all. With both of us having 10+ hour work days including our commutes, it truly gives us a peace of mind knowing that our daughter is in good hands. The facility is very clean, convenient location for commuters, and the teachers are very knowledgeable. I'd recommend this facility to any parent looking for childcare.

Have been to several competitions that this dance company also attended. The girls are phenomenal…read moredancers and the pieces that are put out are fantastic, however. Overall, the behavior of the girls is questionable backstage.

My daughter had a wonderful experience filled with lots of memories…read more She had gained so much experience with her dancing.

I did not go to camp and I think it is safe to say that I am a disturbed individual because of that…read morefact. But seriously, I love this camp! My husband's whole family went here and now they are bringing their kids here. While some lament that it is becoming too much of a "country club", I disagree. While they don't pee in a hole or have to live outside, I think they are "roughing it out" just enough. They have a wonderful pool, a pond to canoe on, archery, Armenian language classes, free time ... it not just looks like a lot of fun, it is (just ask my 11 year old who is enjoying it as I write this). The full time staff are amazing and the councilors are great (biased a little, my niece and nephews are there this year). There is also full time medical staff on site and that is a good thing! This camp is worth the two weeks no matter what your nationality is ... look into it!