Your Gift will allow us to:
- Tackle childhood and adult obesity
- Provide safe places for youth & teens
- Reduce chronic disease
- Promote healthy living, youth development, and social responsibility
- Be a beacon for collaboration, diversity and inclusion
- Provide additional community programs
- Expand our nurturing, affordable child care
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS FAMILY YMCA
The city of Warrensville Heights and the YMCA of Greater Cleveland broke ground on a joint-venture, $8 million, 45,000 square foot YMCA branch in May 2011.
The Infinity Construction Co. and its minority partner, the Coleman Spohn Corporation, were awarded the construction management contract.
Slated for a late spring 2012 opening, the facility is the hub of the city's Town Center complex situated on Northfield Road. The 16-acre site will also be the home of the new 25,000 square foot Warrensville Heights Public Library as well as future city developments. Town Center will be the gateway to Warrensville Heights from the north with the YMCA’s illuminated glass facade being the beacon to the city’s renaissance.
Both the Y branch and the Cuyahoga County Library are being constructed using sustainable design concepts. The two-story YMCA recreational center will house a competition/recreational hybrid pool, locker rooms, gymnasium, wellness/fitness area, multipurpose rooms, teen and child areas, and outside play areas.
A majority of the funding for development of Town Center will come from Issue 13, a municipal income tax increase passed by 66 percent of voters in May of 2009. The city also plans to tap federal and state sources of revenue for the development. Additional costs for the YMCA will be offset by fundraising.
Officials say that construction of a YMCA in the city is in keeping with the city's 2002 Master Plan, which called for creating educational and recreational opportunities for youth.
To make a contribution to the Campaign, contact Toni Kayumi, Vice President of Financial Development and Government Relations, at tkayumi@clevelandymca.org or by phone at (216) 263-6844.