The YMCA in Longmont is shutting down its fitness operations on Feb. 28. It will keep its childcare programs running, but adult aquatics and other recreation services are ending.
“It’s like any business – even though it’s a nonprofit business – it needs to pay for itself and that Y was not able to pay for itself,” said Chris Coker, CEO of YMCA of Northern Colorado.
Coker said recent federal cuts pulled about $5 million from YMCAs in our region, and membership dues are not enough to keep some of them running. The YMCA in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that closed last year had similar financial woes…