‘The whole state is looking’ at Lakeland’s YMCA project
Brian McLaughlin, CEO of YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South, spoke Thursday at the groundbreaking for the Lakeland Community Center YMCA. “The whole state is looking at what we have been able to do here today with a public-private partnership,” he said. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
After a long journey to get there, construction is underway on the Lakeland Community Center YMCA.
The city hosted a special groundbreaking event on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the empty and undeveloped site just north of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.
The 38,820-square-foot facility will include an early learning child care center, a multipurpose gymnasium, workout studios and fitness spaces plus locker rooms. The site will also feature a fitness airnasium and an outdoor aquatic training center with seating space.
“The whole state is looking at what we have been able to do here today with a public-private partnership,” said Brian McLaughlin, CEO of YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South. “This is one of the first public-private partnerships in the State of Tennessee,”
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