Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
An idea to construct a new Fairborn YMCA on Wright State University’s campus to replace the current aging YMCA. has been scrapped.
Wright State University, the YMCA, and Premier Health proposed constructing a health and wellness-focused YMCA on Col. Glenn Highway on Wright State’s campus, according to an application the organizations filed with the Dayton Regional Priority Development and Advocacy Committee (or PDAC), which lobbies for federal and state funding for are projects.
The $31 million facility was proposed to include gyms, a fitness room, a pool, athletic fields, and other amenities.
Premier Health would have also operated medical services at the site, and the site would support other YMCA programming, including educational opportunities, enhanced job training, financial literacy, and other services.
It’s estimated the new facility would have created between 11 and 25 jobs, and retained up to 10 existing ones.
The three organizations sought $5.5 million in PDAC funding for the facility, but tabled the proposal “for the foreseeable future” in October, according to Wright State and YMCA leadership.
