Carthage, IL – The Carthage YMCA will remain open for another three months while the board explores ways to keep it open permanently. Carthage board president Tyrone Jacoby says a fundraising campaign raised the $15,000 needed. He says during the three-month period the Carthage Y will continue to operate as a branch of the Hoerner YMCA in Keokuk. After that, he says the board is working to find a way to cooperate with other agencies such as the school district, the park district and the hospital to keep it open. He says it might become a community recreation center, but after the period the connection with the YMCA organization is likely to be ended. There will be a campaign to to increase the number memberships from the current 180 to around 300. Jacoby says there will also be an effort to clean up and refurbish the building.
Carthage Y to Stay Open a While Longer
