Against the backdrop of a sustained national recession, the board of directors for the YMCA of the Martha’s Vineyard voted unanimously last Friday to begin construction on the long-awaited 38,000-square-foot YMCA building to be built across from the regional high school on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
The chief executive officer of Festival Network, the national entertainment promoter that has held a concert in Ocean Park featuring the Boston Pops for the past two years, has said the future of the concert is in doubt, largely because it lost money last year.
CEO Chris Shields has also leveled harsh accusations at the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard, saying that the nonprofit organization still owes his company thousands of dollars from ticket sales last August.
The holidays are coming and the kids are out of school. What fun! Except that just because school’s out doesn’t mean Ma and Pa don’t have to punch a clock.
Well, help is on the way. The Martha’s Vineyard YMCA is offering full and half day camps on Dec. 28, 29, and 30.
Full day camp runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $185 for members and $199 for nonmembers
Half-day camp runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $150 for members and $170 for nonmembers.
As Islanders get accustomed to the newly-built, state-of-the art YMCA in their midst, they are simultaneously getting acquainted with Julian Villegas, the senior program director there. The soft-spoken Columbian native is quickly making himself known as a warm and welcoming ambassador for the YMCA’s mission of bringing families and communities together.
Nearly $2 million in federal clean water funding awarded this week to Oak Bluffs and Edgartown is expected to bring several long-awaited wastewater projects to fruition, including a sewer tie-in for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and for the YMCA now nearing completion.
A sharply divided Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted last Thursday to hold another round of review for several proposed changes to the new YMCA building off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, including a new walking bridge, outside basketball court, covered pavilion and temporary irrigation system.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday unanimously approved a laundry list of changes to the new YMCA building off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, including a walking bridge, outside basketball court, covered pavilion and temporary irrigation system.
The 35,000-square foot YMCA on a five-acre property across from the regional high school is planned for opening next month.
Already the new YMCA building on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road fits right in with the neighborhood, flanked by the Martha’s Vineyard Arena on one side, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services and the skate park on the other side, and the regional high school across the road.
And if your vision of a YMCA is rooted in past memories of dank, mostly windowless, poorly heated concrete buildings, look again. The Vineyard’s new YMCA is a marvel of open space and sunlight.
Swimming classes, water aerobics, yoga and summer camp will be in full swing after this weekend’s official opening of the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard. The new Y will be marking its grand opening with a small ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow welcoming members of the community into the much-anticipated facility.
Ripples were made for the first time in the brand new YMCA pool on Saturday. Nearly 60 guests were serenaded into the building by the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers’ rendition of the Village People’s YMCA, eager after waiting in the hot sun to sign up for summer programs or go for a swim.
