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We have been working hard on the plans for our relaunch -- a $7.5 million redesign of the West End YMCA. The improvements will help us better serve our members and community.
Invest in your community and donate to the West End Relaunch Capital Campaign.
Review our Summer 2008 Program Schedule (PDF 747KB).
November 6, 2008
Dear members, volunteers and staff,
This past week marked the official opening of many key areas at West End. Our lobby, pool viewing/café area, lower conditioning room, Cyclefit studio and community meeting room are now officially open to members, staff and volunteers. We are very excited and hope you enjoy all that these new spaces have to offer.
The pool viewing area is furnished with lots of great new tables, comfy chairs and benches for pool viewing. This is a great social space for families and individuals to eat, talk and connect. The café’s sink and additional plumbing has been installed and we expect our café to re-open early next week.
Early tomorrow the remainder of our glass will be delivered and installed. This glass will be replacing the temporary plywood currently clamped to the railing brackets. This will do wonders for the aesthetic and openness of our lower conditioning room and lobby.
The lower conditioning room is now fully open and newly equipped with arc trainers, a cable machine and leg press.
The new Cyclefit Studio is now located adjacent to the lower conditioning room. We have 20 bikes as well as a new sound system. With the new space, we have also created a new method of signing up for Cyclefit. After you swipe your membership card at our service desk, present your card to the staff/volunteer and they will place the card in a sign up binder in the order received.
Many have noticed the condensation and various temperature extremes this past week in the lower conditioning and cyclefit areas. We have now fully configured our HVAC systems for this area and have full control of air circulation in the space.
Our community meeting room (former temporary Cyclefit space) is now open! This space is equipped with a large table, chairs and multimedia equipment. This area is a meeting space for staff/volunteers, West End’s Advisory Council, member consultation sessions, focus groups, soon will provide West End the opportunity to offer a meeting space for partner charities and other not-for-profit organizations.
The child and family play space continues to receive very positive feedback from members, staff and volunteers. There continues to be a high volume of traffic in the area and our play structure birthday parties are booked right through January and into February. For information on the area’s schedule, rules and birthday parties, please contact Jennifer.Medeiros@ymcagta.org .
We have some very exciting developments regarding both family and individual members. In late November/early December we will be moving our childminding space into its final location that will be adjacent to the child and family play structure. We will be altering and enhancing these areas to accommodate our childminding members. Children and infants will have a separate space. An adjacent activity studio will provide a home for our new gravity machines, as well as a multi-purpose room that will be used for children’s programming and at other times will be a stretching room for adult members. A schedule will be posted in this area once completed so members will know how to use the space.
Our pool is officially open! All swimming lessons and pool programming is once again available to members. Please be sure to check our new program schedule for program times. We would like to sincerely thank all of our members, staff and volunteers for their patience during the pool closure. Our aquatics team is currently looking into extending swimming lessons during future program breaks in an attempt to make up some of the time lost during the repairs.
The women’s locker room is progressing well. All of the block walls are constructed and drywall is currently being framed. All the lockers are scheduled to be installed next week. We will have a pictorial update of the women’s locker area in next week’s update.
If you have any comments or concerns regarding our Relaunch, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Adam Thrasher
Volunteerism and Communications
West End YMCA
Tel: 416-536-1166 ext. 413
Adam.Thrasher@ymcagta.org
Sarah Devorah Beldick
Membership & Philanthropy
West End YMCA of Greater Toronto
Tel: 416-536-1166 ext.436
Sarah.Beldick@ymcagta.org
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