Agenda - 03-17-1998 - 9e - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

Chapel Hill Carrboro er • • ?0~ S ESTES DRIVE POST OF~IC~ BOX 2c9; i'HAPEL ~!~~ NC 2'5''-2897 i 9191 957-7075 r rp ",,v~w ~ierald-, , com; ~harnher ~9"'.9j 968-5874 FAX E .1A;L, ci~,^~be~ ~ pl ;-~mdsonng eom January 22, 1998 Mr. John Link Orange County Manager P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear John: The Chapel Hill - Carrboro YMCA is undertaking a capital campaign to raise funds to support a $2,000,000 building expansion and renovation. We have begun the Advanced Giving phase of the campaign, and will bring the campaign public once we have raised half of the goal. The YMCA will be adding 13,500 square feet, with a new free standing youth building. We will be adding a new full size gym and renovating the existing space to improve our fitness center, add two family locker rooms, and make room for the Orange Cardiovascular Center to move into to the YMCA. Far more important than the space we need to add, are the programs we will be offering to the community. For the first time at the YMCA, and in the community, we will have space dedicated to teenagers. This means that the youth in our community will have their own place, off of Franklin Street, that will be supervised and available for just their use. The Teen Center will have a pool table, computers, sound system, and other indoor activities. A Teen Program Director will oversee the activities and develop programs such as Youth in Government, Teen Adventure Camping, and Y Leaders Club. The addition of a full size gym will also allow the YMCA to offer recreational sports programs to teens, such as basketball, indoor soccer, ultimate Frisbee, floor hockey, and team handball. Besides providing for teens, the Youth Center will allow the YMCA to offer full day preschool, something in very short supply in Orange County. The YMCA will be able to respond to the child care needs of children in year round school when that begins. The YMCA needs more room, not just to offer new programs to new populations, but in response to the long waiting list for existing programs. We have 50 children on the waiting list for our after school program. We have 40 children on the waiting list for the swim team. The YMCA's soccer league is closed out, with children on the waiting list, and the basketball registration recently finished with over 100 kids on the waiting list. The community has grown 50% since the YMCA was built, and it is time for the YMCA to grow as well. The new 5000 square feet youth center, and the new full size gym will help us shrink these waiting lists.