The Arc Nature Coast Education Center

6495 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill, FL, 34609

The Arc Nature Coast Education Center on Mariner Blvd is the Spring Hill day-programme and life-skills training site of The Arc Nature Coast, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Hernando, Pasco and Sumter counties. Programming covers adult independent-living and life-skills training, social-skills development, supported and competitive employment, household management and budgeting, alongside daily activities including painting, drawing, puzzles and current-affairs sessions. The building is dual-purposed as a regional special-needs evacuation shelter for Hernando County, and is also lent to the community as an event venue. The Arc runs five dances a year here, including a themed prom.