Ottawa YMCA Healthy Living Campus

Ottawa,
IL
(2021)

Ottawa YMCA Healthy Living Campus

Community Kitchen, Recreation

Finances the construction of a new 65,000 sq. ft. YMCA on a three-acre parcel. The new facility includes a Healthy-Living Campus featuring a competition pool, space for group classes and a community kitchen, children’s adventure center, and more.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $20,000,000
Total Project Cost: $20,000,000

IMPACT

53 FTE jobs
100 construction jobs
5,803 patients served
65,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Central States Development Partners

Investor

US Bank

Project Description

Finances the construction of a new 65,000 sq. ft. YMCA on a three-acre parcel. The new facility will create a Healthy-Living Campus featuring a competition pool, space for group classes and a community kitchen, children’s adventure center, elevated indoor track, multi-use gymnasium, and more. OSF HealthCare is embedding a 7,500 sq. ft. healthcare facility in the building focused on physical, speech and occupational therapies -a collaboration that will further improve community health and wellbeing. The YMCA is a community hub and is important to low-income persons and the surrounding rural community. .

MAP

Address: 411 Canal Street, Ottawa, IL 61350

Census Tract: 17099962700

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