Enterprise YMCA Director Richard Pipkin welcomes members, family, friends and guests to the YMCA 50th Anniversary Celebration/Pool Project on Thursday, June 25.He thanked the community for helping reach their pool project goal of $75,450. Pipkin has been director of the Enterprise YMCA since 1984.
Enterprise YMCA improvements and accomplishments since 1974
1974 - Construction of a new gymnasium, started basketball, volleyball and day care
1976 - Olympic size pool constructed
1977 - Four-color coated asphalt tennis courts
1978 - After school camp pickup for ages five to 12 years old
1979 - State licenses the Christian preschool for ages two and one half to five years olds
1979 - Youth soccer started
1980 - Replaced gymnasium concrete floor with wooden floor
1982 - Additional lights and sprinkler system installed and fence installed on soccer/T-ball fields
1984 - Additional to fitness center cardiovascular room and nursery
1998 - Renovation to fitness center and new equipment added
2000 - Four additional summer camp/after school camp rooms and two preschool rooms
2008 - New wooden floor in the aerobic room
2015 - New rubberized floor in the weight room and cardio room
2017 - Painted and renovated fitness center
2018 - Painted interior and exterior gymnasium and camp rooms
2019 - Digital sign installed
2020 - Implemented an electronic check-in system at the fitness center
2020 - Replastered/retiled pool and caulked pool deck
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