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Cape Breton Post

YMCA of Cape Breton on schedule for breaking ground in new year

Section: Our community

Column: Briefly

The YMCA of Cape Breton's plans for redeveloping its Charlotte Street location are on schedule and the project will break ground in the new year.

"We have exceeded $1.1 million of our $1.5 million community goal with a great deal of support still coming in," said fundraising chair Dr. Rex Dunn. The total project will see contributions of $1.5 million from the CBRM, the Province of Nova Scotia, the YMCA and the community, along with $3.5 million from the Cape Breton Growth Fund and $500,000 from Enterprise Cape Breton Corp.

"We are working with the CBRM to finalize the details around a building permit," said co-chair of the organization, Robin Gogan. "Planning a building of this size has taken a great deal of time. We are anxious to receive the building permit which will give us the green light to go ahead." A permit is expected at the end of January with ground-breaking anticipated in April.

The YMCA of Cape Breton has been serving the community for more than 120 years.

The oldest, most diverse charity on Cape Breton Island, the YMCA works in seven key functional areas: employment, education and training, pre-school, entrepreneurship, day/overnight camp, wellness and preventative health and international development.