Now Open: The Community Nest Center!

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Happy holidays, Firebird Fans! The Firebirds are announcing the opening of The Community Nest Center, a premiere sports and hosting facility. Additionally, we want to share our excitement about adopting the Firebirds Swim team into the Firebirds Flock! Lastly, we will be dropping episode three of meet the flock. Before jumping into the newsletter, let’s hear a word from today's sponsor:

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Table of Contents

• The Community Nest Center is Open!

• Firebirds Swim Team!

• Meet the Flock (ep.3): Taylor

The Community Nest Center is Open!

🏀🔥 THE NEST COMMUNITY CENTER: Where Community Meets Opportunity

The Nest Community Center is officially OPEN!

This isn’t just a gym, it’s a hub.
A place to build, train, connect, and grow community.

Designed to serve athletes, teams, organizations, and community leaders, The Nest is Raleigh’s premier destination for sports, fitness, education, and events.

What The Nest Offers:

✔️ Official NBA-size full court
✔️ Ready to host professional games & youth sports
✔️ Full-court & half-court rentals
✔️ Team practice rentals (Youth • AAU • High School • Pro)
✔️ Shooting gun rentals — get reps and perfect your shot
✔️ Fitness & performance training
✔️ Office rentals
✔️ Classroom rentals
✔️ Event & meeting space

From practices, camps, clinics, and training,
to pro runs, tournaments, combines,
to meetings, conferences, and community events,
The Nest is built to host it all.

Ready to Book?

Host your next event.
Reserve the court.
Build your craft.
Build the community.

📍 4400-B Old Poole Rd, Raleigh, NC

📲 For bookings & information:
📞 Call or Text: 919-830-0305
📞 919-520-0727

Welcome to The Nest.
Where the Flock grows. 🔥🦅

Firebirds Swim Team!

Official: Firebirds Swim Team Joins the Flock!🔥🐦‍🔥

The Raleigh Firebirds are SUPER excited to announce we’ve adopted the firebirds swim team into our FLOCK 🔥🦅! This amazing organization focuses on getting black and POC youth into the sport of competitive swimming. They do some amazing work and we are really looking forward to working with their talented group of young superstars! If you have a young swimmer that you want to get into the pool there’s no better program filled with genuine people from top to bottom.

Meet the Flock (ep.3): Taylor

Our second episode of Meet the Flock features Taylor:

Hiiii! My name is Taylor! I just moved to the Raleigh area from Jacksonville, NC. I love all things art, photography, and creativity. I thank God for the place I’m in today My goal is to connect with as many souls as possible. I’m so exited to embark on this journey with the Firebirds!!

Make sure to stay tuned for our next edition of Firebird Focus, as we have some exciting news coming up!

Until then,

-Nicky