City of Marion issued the following announcement.
Since opening in January, the Marion YMCA has been bustling with families, adults and children staying active and enjoying the new facility. From the beginning, emerging from Marion’s Imagine8 community visioning process, a full partnership was formed for the building between the YMCA and the City of Marion. Marion contributed $7.3 million towards the new facility in order to help provide the community with a much needed recreation and community facility in a more cost-effective way.
The full partnership with the city allowed for a culmination of ideas to come together from the Marion community and YMCA representatives to narrow down an official name of the new facility. The name has now been voted on and approved as the Marion YMCA & Community Rec Center.
"The partnership between the YMCA and the city is so important and has been the reason this facility was made possible, so we wanted the official name of the building to best represent and honor that relationship," said Bob Carlson, President & CEO of the YMCA.
"The Marion YMCA & Community Rec Center sets a new standard of collaboration for the benefit of our growing community,” said Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly. “The name reflects the true partnership between our City and the YMCA and the role that this spectacular facility will play in the lives of current and future generations of Marion residents.”
The official name will be updated on the building and other organizational materials. As fundraising continues to close the remaining $1.5 million gap for the project, the naming rights to the building along with other opportunities still remain available. Ways to donate to the capital campaign and other information can be found at www.NewMarionYMCA.org. Work is also underway to recognize all donors inside the new facility.
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