Daniel B.
Yelp
The Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Atlanta is a community center primarily serving the Taiwanese and Taiwanese-American community of metro Atlanta. The center is a freestanding, multi-use building that regularly and often hosts a variety of events and activities. It's located behind the Atlanta Chinatown mall and has been around since 1989. Old-school Atlantans might know this place as the Chinese Community Center, Chinese Culture Center (https://www.yelp.com/biz/chinese-culture-center-atlanta), or CCC. Chinese Community Center was the old name. The official name of this place is Culture Center of TECO in Atlanta.
I've been here for a variety of events over the years including Chinese New Year celebrations, complete with dragon dances, and Taiwanese food festivals. Some of my Chinese-Taiwanese-American friends who grew up in the Atlanta area came here as kids for Chinese language and Chinese ribbon dancing classes. Most recently, I visited the Culture Center for the 2019 Dumpling Cook-Off Presented by the Atlanta Chapter of the Taiwanese American Professionals volunteer organization: https://www.yelp.com/biz/dumpling-cook-off-presented-by-tap-atl-chamblee. It was a lot of fun. I've always enjoyed my visits to this center.
As I noted in my review of the CCC in 2014, the building is (still) dated, but functional. It's a humble gathering place that can easily accommodate hundreds. Lighting and sound is good and the large, indoor, gymnasium-like space is versatile. They've hosted everything from seminars and speaking engagements to pickleball clinics. There are two floors, a stage for performances, and even a small library.
There's plenty of parking for smaller events, but for larger events like Chinese New Year where not only are there more people, but part of the parking lot is used for the festivities, spots are limited. In some instances, you'll have to park off-site, like in the parking lot of the Interactive College of Technology nearby, and walk or shuttle over. I noticed the center's parking lot has been repaved since my last visit. It's nice and smooth now with hardly any large cracks.
TECO's Culture Center isn't to be confused with TECO's main office in Midtown located at 1180 W Peachtree St NW, Ste 820: https://www.yelp.com/biz/taipei-economic-and-cultural-office-in-atlanta-atlanta.