ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – YMCA officials in Allouez are continuing discussions for a new state of the art YMCA. On Thursday night they hosted a neighborhood meeting to provide updates and hear feedback on the project.
It would take over the 17-acre Broadview soccer complex. The hope is for those plans to be reality by the end of 2025.
“We’re getting closer and closer to finishing the building design- the site plan layout and simply put we want to make sure we’re getting the input and the feedback of neighbors and the community before any final pen gets put to paper,” Greater Green Bay YMCA President and CEO Sean Elliott said.
Elliott said he hopes to have a developer agreement in place by the end of the year. With that date fast approaching, he’s trying to address as many concerns as possible.
“It’s very hard to hear,” a community member said. “So I don’t know if this is the ideal location from that perspective. That’s just something you guys should think about and you want the kids to learn when they’re little and if they can’t hear, it’s chaos.”
The concerns range from noise from nearby Highway 172 to traffic and outside lighting.
“These are all thoughtful questions that we wanna make sure we’re doing our best to answer before any final plans are made,” Elliott said.
One of the more common concerns brought up regards the potential for flooding.
“You say you’re going to put lots of trees,” a community member said. “Can you somehow put piping on the other end so that definitely we won’t have any flooding problems?”
“Those are the same questions that you and I would be asking if we were sitting in that chair,” Elliott said. “That’s the last thing the YMCA would intend to do is have property values go down or make it an inconvenience for neighbors or residents.”
Elliott said that type of feedback can help shape the design- and a fluid design means the project’s price is to be determined. That’s why Miron Construction has been brought on for construction management.
“Their role at this point and this stage of the process is exactly that- to give us some final estimates as we get out of building design,” Elliott said. “We hope to have that in the next 30 days.”
Groundbreaking won’t start until 60% of the capital campaign is reached. Construction could then take up to two years.
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