The YMCA of Metro Atlanta, the oldest nonprofit in the city, is leaving its home of more than 40 years in downtown Atlanta to go to the Westside. It is buying Jordan Hall with plans to demolish the building to build a Leadership and Learning Center that will offer early learning opportunities to Vine City.Audio version of this commentary
Ed Munster describes the YMCA as an organization that’s not just for the young, not just for men and not just for Christians. It is an organization that serves everyone: young and old, men and women regardless of their faith.
It is in that spirit that the YMCA decided to locate its new $20 million headquarters on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, a couple of blocks west of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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