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Stephanie Wiechmann
Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour says what happens to the Mulberry Street YMCA building is important to the city because of where it sits.

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Dan Ridenour
I mean, it is right across from Canan Commons, which is where everything as far as entertainment activities downtown start. It's, it's just the the prime location.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
The YMCA announced in May of last year that it would relocate to the Muncie Central High School campus and build a new facility there. It's begun a capital campaign, and the $500,000 sale of its Mulberry Street building to the city will help that effort. Ridenour says the city will lease back the building to the YMCA for $1 a year until its new facility is done.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
He says the organization will continue to pay all expenses like utilities and maintenance. Muncie Redevelopment Commission President Jeff Howe and other members support the move.

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Jeff Howe
You don't know what the what the possibilities are, but if you don't control it, you don't have any say so what the possibilities are.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
YMCA President Chad's Zaucha did not attend the MRC meeting, but in a statement, he says the organization and the city share common goals in unity. The YMCA has not announced a timeline for building its new building. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.