YMCA

YMCA of the Roses

The speaker starts at 20:45 minutes into the video.
 
November 23, 2021 - Larry Richardson, president and CEO of the York YMCA, reviewed the current merger of the York and Lancaster YMCA’s.  Last year the Lancaster YMCA approached the YMCA of York and York County about creating a management agreement to operate the Lancaster facilities. This month the two YMs were formally merged and became the “YMCA of the Roses,” said Larry Richardson who will head up the merged entity. Richardson, who has been with the York YM for 27 years, has been shuttling between York and Lancaster during the management agreement and the planning for the merger. The Lancaster YM currently has 8,157 members and the York YM has 6,519. Both membership rosters have been dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and related protocols, Richardson noted. The merger is a big step for both organizations. The Lancaster YM has faced major financial problems for the past few years. One of the goals of the merger is to eliminate that debt. “The Lancaster YM membership is healthy, but not enough to carry the debt,” Richardson said.  This is a historical merger of two of the oldest YMCA associates in the country. Lancaster was founded in 1854 and York in 1855.