The New York Tri-County YMCA, which currently offers programs in the central school district of BAT, is working to expand programs at the school while potentially looking for a permanent facility to host a fitness center.
Christoph Kokan, CEO of the Tri-County YMCA from New York, said YMCA began to be held after school programs in the central school district of Bat last year and was encouraged by the answer.
“We started a program after school last year at the school,” Kokan said. “This year we have opened a little care for children and starting some other YMCA programs. We work with the school to expand this to water fitness classes, some outdoor sports, we are looking to start the football league of the girl’s flag.”
Is the YMCA facility in Bat’s future?
The three-round YMCA from New York debuted the Ram Care Center at the VEW school with a special open house and a ribbon cutting ceremony at the end of March.
The head of Bat Kelly Hock’s central schools is open to advanced partnerships with YMCA. Houck said this cooperation between the Community between the YMCA and the school neighborhood can support and encourage opportunities for local children and community members.
“We are 100% in support of this,” Hock said. “Currently, YMCA is using school facilities, but as you can imagine, we have so many external agencies that use school facilities so that YMCA has another funnel facility takes advantage of all of us.”
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Bath Village Mayor Mike Sweet agrees. Sweet said Bat residents would like YMCA to have their own dedicated space in the future.
“Everyone who attended a meeting in mid -March, held by YMCA, about 100 people to assess the level of interest of the community were in favor of YMCA, creating a permanent place for the bathroom,” said Sweet.
YMCA is looking to walk before starting to work in a bath. Kokan said YMCA would like to start working so many new programs in the area until it has to look for its own facility in BAT.
“I think this is trying to identify a temporary space where YMCA can conduct some activities, classes and events,” Kokan said. “Then the next step will be a full -fledged permanent space. I think it’s great.”
Houck said a new YMCA facility will create more opportunities for community programs.
“If a YMCA facility is opened, it will allow them more opportunities and it will simply be beneficial for the whole community,” Hock said. “An area where the elderly, adults and children can enjoy all different types of events.
Bathroom area shows interest in YMCA growth
Kokan said a study conducted in the bathroom area showed the desire that the people living in the community have an increased YMCA presence.
“Our goal is to get involved in the level of interest and support of the Community,” said Natalie Donahu, CEO of Hornell YMCA Branch. “We would like to start conducting more YMCA programs in the buildings of BAT’s central school district by the time we need a permanent residence.”
Donku said he needed more young people and senior programs in the bathroom area that YMCA would cover.
“The next step is to continue working with the Bat School Quarter, which is a great partner, to grow what we can offer using their facilities,” said Donahu. “We also have people who have registered, creating a volunteer committee to serve as a defender of programs in the bathroom area.”
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Donku said that YMCA is beginning a similar process for creating and expanding Dansville activities in 2020.
“We started implementing programs with Dansville’s central school district,” Donahu said. “In 2022, YMCA purchased a family dollar building and turned it into a fitness center. We continue to use the gymnastic physical and pools of the school, but the new fitness center was used strongly.”
Kokan said YMCA something like what happened in Dansville could happen in Bat.
“We see something that follows on the same lines that happens in BAT as the programs grow and YMCA runs out of space,” Kokan said. “We have already begun to look at the existing spaces in BAT to renovate and move.”
Donku agrees.
“I think we have to reflect what we did in Dansville,” Donahu said. “After all, you’re looking for a facility to have a fitness center to conduct groups for group exercises.”
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