Late Tuesday night, Longmont City Council voted to purchase the former YMCA, paving the way for a new recreation center to reopen in the Colorado city.
Longmont will pay $4.5 million for the former YMCA and estimates another $8 million in necessary repairs. This follows months of public debate over its future.
Five months after the Northern Colorado YMCA announced it would close its Longmont branch, the building is one step closer to welcoming the community back…