corporate summer fun

March 24, 2006 1:15 PM

I have been tasked with coming up with some ideas for what to do for a warm weather outing for our small (30-40 people) company here in Atlanta. Does anyone have any ideas or experiences that they have really enjoyed that they would share?

The parameters are -
-It must be in/around Atlanta
-We have a wide range of physical fitness so "go hiking" and the like is probably not going to work
-The president really frowns on spending lots of money on this kind of thing.
-It should be a family friendly event.
-It can be anytime from late spring to early fall.

We have done the "go to a park and play some fake olympic games" and cannot want to do that again due to the number of people who hated it.

My thoughts are things along the lines of:
-going to the Sweetwater brewery
-going to 6 flags (although that really is not team building and probably would cost too much)
-spending a day at one of the lakes, maybe getting a boat

posted by GrumpyMonkey to sports, hobbies, & recreation (8 comments total)

Bruce. Weiner. Microcar. Musuem.

It's hot. You could combine it with a picnic or a lunch somewhere in historic Madison. Madison is about 45 mins - 1 hour away (to the east on I-20).
posted by zpousman at 1:20 PM on March 24, 2006

I don't know if it'll go well with the "family friendly" aspect, but a few years ago, my 20-person office did a scavenger hunt in Chicago with one of those places that specializes in doing that for coporate offices. A quick Google brought up Scavenger Hunt Anywhere, which seems like it could adjust things for you a bit. Not TOO expensive, and we had a blast. We used cabs mostly to get about the city since there's a time limit, so it should work for all levels of fitness.
posted by bibbit at 1:35 PM on March 24, 2006

Similar to bibbit, but there's GeoTeaming, which is run by the same people as geocaching.com.
posted by unixrat at 1:40 PM on March 24, 2006

what about a day at the new aquarium?
posted by jessica at 1:49 PM on March 24, 2006

We recently did a company trip to the Aquarium and it was a big hit, but for the love of all that is good and holy, don't go during peak hours (Fri-Mon)...early afternoon, middle of the week is perfect.

We've also done Zoo Atlanta & the Botanical Gardens (although the kids might get bored at the Gardens).

At a larger company (200+) I worked at, we spent an afternoon at Fernbank and caught an IMAX movie.
posted by SoulOnIce at 2:55 PM on March 24, 2006

These are all great, thanks! And even if we don't choose it, zpousman, I am totally going to see those cars.
posted by GrumpyMonkey at 7:02 PM on March 24, 2006

Whirlyball. Roswell.

Google it.
posted by socratic at 7:05 PM on March 24, 2006

The Stone Mountain Laser Show is the greatest thing in the Atlanta metro area. It's a seriously cultural experience. Stone Mountain itself, while being a creepy monument to Confederate generals, has a lot of lovely hiking options.
posted by TheGoldenOne at 8:52 PM on March 24, 2006