YMCA Backers Trumpet Plan to Build Pool, Youth Facility
By IAN FEIN
Boosters for the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard last week described
to the Martha's Vineyard Commission what they say will be a
life-changing new facility for the Island, providing young families,
high school students and the entire community with a long-desired pool
and gathering place.
Plans for a YMCA Go to Commission for Formal Review
By IAN FEIN
Proponents of the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard go before the
Martha's Vineyard Commission this week with their plans for a
35,000-square-foot recreational facility behind the skate park in Oak
Bluffs.
YMCA officials are hoping to break ground this fall on the
community-funded project, which originated roughly five years ago with
an effort to build an indoor pool.
Youth-Led Initiative Sparks January Opening for Teen Center in
Historic Cottagers Corner
By JAMES KINSELLA
Vineyard teenagers are about to have a solid solution to that
perennial complaint that there's nothing to do.
The Island's first teen center in more than 15 years is slated
to open in mid-January in the Cottagers Corner building in downtown Oak
Bluffs.
Ping-pong, pool tables, computers and lots of couches -
that's what the new center is banking on to draw teenagers.