Tag: YMCA

  • El YMCA busca soluciones para los nadadores musulmanes

    Photo by Megan Burks, Speak City Heights By Megan Burks Imagina un invernadero. Paredes de vidrio cubiertas por un techo de vidrio. Ahora coloca una alberca adentro. Así luce el centro acuático del nuevo YMCA Copley-Price Family, lo que plantea un problema para los miembros musulmanes del gimnasio. El Equipo de Apoyo Mujeres Unidas de…

  • Tweet City Heights: Construction on New YMCA Slated for Spring

    By Megan Burks Construction on New YMCA Slated for Spring The Copley Family YMCA will move from its Cherokee Point location to bigger digs in the near future. It will also get a name change. A press release from Councilman Todd Gloria’s office says the City Council has approved plans to build a new facility…

  • Plans For New YMCA Crash and Burn With Skaters

    A $13 million, 50,000 square-foot YMCA facility is slated to open on the former Pearson Ford lot at Fairmount Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights. Its design includes a health and wellness center, gym, aquatics center and outdoor soccer arena. It won’t include affordable housing, a market with gourmet stock or retail jobs.…

  • A Culture Clash Where Three Neighborhoods Meet

    A new $13 million, 50,000 square-foot YMCA facility that will include a health and wellness center, aquatics center, gym and outdoor soccer arena is projected to open at here at El Cajon Boulevard and Fairmont Avenue in 2014. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido In early 2009, the Pearson Ford dealership at El…