8/3/2019 YMCA Collingwood Update 3
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Your local YMCA was built in 1985 as an investment in thehealth
and wellness of the Town of Collingwood. For 27years it has
provided much needed aquatic programs andrecreation services to
thousands of area residents.
In 2009, the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka completed Phase I ofa three
phase rejuvenation strategy that saw an expandedfacility including
additional meeting rooms and state of theart conditioning centre at
total cost of 1.8 million. Thisaddition has been a great success
and has seen member-ship numbers rise to over 4,000 individuals,
children andfamilies at our Central Park facility.
In the spring of 2011, the Town of Collingwood and the
YMCA entered into partnership discussions to create alarger
vision for the redevelopment of Central Park asa multi-use
recreation centre. The Central Park VolunteerRedevelopment Steering
Committee was commissioned bythe Town of Collingwood to determine
the public recre-ation needs in Collingwood, and the best options
for thisredevelopment of Central Park, to be presented to Councilin
early March 2012. This plan includes the addition of twinpad
arenas, an expanded 25 metre pool and additionalparking all
encompassed by a Main. St. corridor connectingthe rinks, YMCA and
the existing curling club under oneroof. For more information you
can visit the towns blog at
www.collingwoodcentralpark.blogsspot.com.
To prepare for the eventual addition of a new pool tank the
YMCAis moving forward in coordination with the Town of
Collingwoodwith the Phase II of construction estimated at $1.54 m.
Thissecond phase of construction is scheduled to begin in March
2012and will consist of remodeling the current locker rooms into a
fivelocker room system, including a new co-ed special
needs/familylocker room, adult only male and female locker rooms,
and generalmale and female locker rooms. These renovations will
give accessto recreation for opposite gender parents and
grandparents, thosewith opposite gender caregivers and support
workers, and those
requiring wheelchair accessible changing facilities, to name a
few.The adult only locker rooms will also give access to
thoserequiring increased privacy.
The final phase of construction will depend on the decision
thetown makes in March after the recommendations for Central
Parkare presented to council.
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