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Tour Historic YMCA in St. Pete

The non-profit organization hoping to save the historic YMCA is hosting an open house on Saturday.

By Cherlene Willis
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February 22, 2013

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Historic YMCA, Inc. is inviting the community to tour The Historic YMCA at 116 5th St. S. in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 12 - 5 p.m.

Officials are inviting everyone to stop by, take a tour and meet the non-profit corporate team. Learn more about how you can help the organization with their efforts to save the landmark from demolition.

A closing date is set for June 2013. The group's aim is to raise $1.4 million by that date.

The historic 1926 downtown YMCA building, located on the corner of 5th Street South and 2nd Avenue South, has sat vacant since 1999.

All ages are welcome on Saturday, organizers may even have balloons for the kids if weather is good.

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You can contact Historic YMCA, Inc. at 727-686-2163 or Donate@HistoricYMCA.com. You can donate online at the Historic YMCA's website by clicking here.

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CJ

1:00 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013

Good luck with your event today. It will be great to see the final results. A lot is going on downtown, with many things due to be completed near the same time in a couple years or so. I personally was against ''The Lens'' project, but it does not take a genius to see it is going to happen. Once construction begins I will fall in line and give it support. Although I hate to see The Pier gone, the new change will likely be very cool when done...so life goes on. With ''The Lens'' inevitable, and also the soon to be seen ''Shops of St Petersburg'' , and also the work here at the ''Y'' for the ''Rock and Roll Museum''....there is a lot to look forward to. Along with the other general stuff in the downtown area that is blossoming and booming...it is exciting to think about 2 years from now.