11/10/23

THE YMCA HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACILITY. IT WILL BE LOCATED ON FIVE ACRES OF LAND NEAR BOB EDWARDS PARK. 

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PRESCOTT VALLEY YMCA WILL CONSIST OF A 45,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WITH A GYM, FITNESS CENTER, WALKING TRACK, PROGRAMMING SPACE, CHILDCARE FACILITY, AND A LARGER SPLASH PAD. A FULL-SIZED INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND EXPANDED CHILDCARE MAY BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE. 

TO PAY FOR THE FACILITY, THE TOWN WOULD BOND FOR $22 MILLION WITH AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION CONTRIBUTION FROM THE YMCA AND $4 MILLION IN EXISTING TOWN RESOURCES FROM A PRIOR FEDERAL GRANT. THE TOWN WILL ALSO EXTEND A NEW ROADWAY FROM VIEWPOINT DRIVE TO MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF THE PARKE PLACE APARTMENTS. 

NO GROUNDBREAKING DATE FOR THE PRESCOTT VALLEY Y-M-C-A HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.