Piedmont Family YMCA
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Piedmont Family YMCA is the local chapter of the global organization YMCA.
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Mission
To put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body, for all.[1]
New facility in McIntire Park
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The Piedmont Family YMCA plans construction of a fitness and aquatic center in the western half of McIntire Parkand entered into a 40-year ground lease with the City of Charlottesville for $1 per year.
The preliminary site plan calls for a 77,000-square-foot facility on a 4.51-acre site. 158 parking spaces will be added to the 110 spaces already in place. Under the plan YMCA will be responsible for all maintenance. The approved design also features a sustainable details and the facility will be built into the hillside to minimize massing. Todd Bullard of VMDO is the architect.[2]
On November 10, 2009 the Charlottesville Planning Commission approved the preliminary site plan[2], followed by City Council January 4 2010[3].
The YMCA will also operate an office out of the new Jefferson School City Center[4].
The project is currently on hold pending the Virginia Supreme Court's resolution of a lawsuit filed against Charlottesville claiming that it broke Virginia's procurement laws by not allowing private companies to submit a request for proposals to operate an aquatic facility on city-owned land. [5] [6] The court is expected to hear the case in the spring of 2012.
Personnel
Board of Directors
| Kurt Krueger, Chairman | Lee F. Hicks |
| William G. Wardle, Vice-Chairman | Kristin O. Landis |
| Suzanne Jessup Brooks | Kathy Marshall |
| Gordon C. Burris | Stephen McLean |
| Rip Cathcart | Timothy Redden |
| David B. Ern | Stephen F. Smith |
| Lawrence W. Gimple, MD |
Staff
- Denny Blank, Chief Executive Officer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piedmont YMCA. Web. 26 July 2009. <http://www.piedmontymca.org/>.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Web. Charlottesville Planning Commission approves site plan for YMCA, Chiara Canzi, C-ville Weekly, November 11 2009
- ↑ Web. YMCA preliminary design approval, staff report, Daily Progress, Media General, January 5 2010, retrieved 9 Jan 2010.
- ↑ Web. Jefferson School may get local historic designation, Rachana Dixit, Daily Progress, Media General, December 12, 2010, retrieved December 13, 2010.
- ↑ Web. Fitness group sues Albemarle and Charlottesville over YMCA, Charlottesville Tomorrow, May 13, 2010, retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ Web. VA Supreme Court to hear YMCA case of fitness clubs vs. Albemarle, Brian Wheeler, Charlottesvillee Tomorrow, August 22, 2011, retrieved August 23, 2011.
