The YMCA of Greenville recently kicked off a multiphase facility expansion at the Prisma Health Family YMCA in Simpsonville.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held March 11 to celebrate the project, which responds to the exponential growth occurring in southern Greenville County. The 80,000-square-foot Prisma Health Family YMCA campus at 550 Brookwood Point Place currently serves more than 14,900 members.
The YMCA of Greenville recently kicked off a multi-phase facility expansion at the Prisma Health Family YMCA in Simpsonville. A groundbreaking ceremony was held March 11 to celebrate the project. Photos by Megan Fitzgerald“The Prisma Health Family YMCA branch campus expansion project will allow us to serve even more members and children and will result in a stronger YMCA that has the resources necessary to carry out our time-honored mission to provide a place for all people to build healthy spirit, mind and body,” said Sam Franklin, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greenville.
The project’s initial phase will add 14,500 square feet to the campus. This addition will include a new gymnasium for the YMCA’s after school, summer day camp and youth sports programs. Kenny Johnson, operations director at the Prisma Health Family YMCA, said this will help address the growing need for youth development programming.
“This expansion will also allow our child care programs that are currently being held offsite at Life Spring Community Church and Adams Mill Sports Fields to return back on site at the Prisma Health Family YMCA,” Johnson said.
Sam Franklin, president and CEO of YMCA of Greenville, spoke at the groundbreaking for the multi-phase facility expansion at the Prisma Health Family YMCA in Simpsonville. The ceremony was held March 11.Three classrooms, each 900 square feet, will be added for Youth Development programming. In addition, a dedicated drop-off and pick-up circle will be constructed on-site. The expansion will also include two offices, a conference room, restrooms and a pantry for staff.
The total cost of the project’s initial phase is $5.5 million. Franklin said phase one construction is expected to take nine months to complete. Phase two of the Prisma Health Family YMCA’s expansion will follow, adding additional parking, a second pool with a DynaDome cover and other land development needs to prepare for future campus additions.
“This is only the beginning, and there is so much more to come,” Franklin said.
Before and after
The Prisma Health Family YMCA in Simpsonville currently serves approximately:
- 135 children in after-school programming
- 1,700 children in summer day camp
- 4,000 children in youth sports programs annually
The 80,000-square-foot Prisma Health Family YMCA campus at 550 Brookwood Point Place currently serves more than 14,900 members.Following the campus expansion, the YMCA location will be able to serve:
- 200 children in after-school programming
- 2,000 children in summer day camp
- 5,000 children in youth sports programs annually
Square feet
80,000 square feet currently + 14,500 square feet = 94,500 square feet post expansion.
