I see the KC Y is pursuing a pretty sleek facility downtown:
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/27/48 ... track.html
According to an earlier prospectus prepared by the YMCA, programs at the 100,000-square-foot facility would include a healthy-living center where downtown corporations could send employees for classes, programs for teens, a summer day camp and a licensed early childhood education center for 100 children.
The proposed facility would include three swimming pools, large gymnasiums, locker rooms, saunas and therapeutic massage rooms, classrooms, a cafe, meeting rooms, a rooftop garden and courtyard, and a 500-space garage. About 100 employees would work there.
The planned project would mark the return of the YMCA, at least in a major way, to downtown Kansas City after a long absence. The original downtown YMCA opened in 1907 at 10th and Oak streets and operated until 1981. The seven-story building was torn down in 1999 to make way for Ilus W. Davis Park.
The Y has operated a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Quality Hill area of downtown since 1989, but it’s geared toward adult fitness activities. The proposed new downtown Y is intended to be a community center as much as a fitness and recreation facility.
“This will be more than a gym and swim or place to work out,” Byrd said. “It will have many programs to offer people in the downtown area.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/27/48 ... rylink=cpy
Seems pretty cool and I could see something like this really working in our downtown.
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/27/48 ... track.html
According to an earlier prospectus prepared by the YMCA, programs at the 100,000-square-foot facility would include a healthy-living center where downtown corporations could send employees for classes, programs for teens, a summer day camp and a licensed early childhood education center for 100 children.
The proposed facility would include three swimming pools, large gymnasiums, locker rooms, saunas and therapeutic massage rooms, classrooms, a cafe, meeting rooms, a rooftop garden and courtyard, and a 500-space garage. About 100 employees would work there.
The planned project would mark the return of the YMCA, at least in a major way, to downtown Kansas City after a long absence. The original downtown YMCA opened in 1907 at 10th and Oak streets and operated until 1981. The seven-story building was torn down in 1999 to make way for Ilus W. Davis Park.
The Y has operated a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Quality Hill area of downtown since 1989, but it’s geared toward adult fitness activities. The proposed new downtown Y is intended to be a community center as much as a fitness and recreation facility.
“This will be more than a gym and swim or place to work out,” Byrd said. “It will have many programs to offer people in the downtown area.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/27/48 ... rylink=cpy
Seems pretty cool and I could see something like this really working in our downtown.
