Operations & Facilities

Longtime YMCA of Western North Carolina president and Chief Executive Officer Paul Vest is set to retire at the end of 2025. Vest has served...

As community recreation organizations, our focus is squarely on supporting our communities. This commitment means ensuring accessibility and delivering value for both our members and...

Discover how ROR is leading the way in AI for community recreation — helping YMCAs, JCCs and rec centers create smarter outreach, optimize budgets and...

“Ben, this doesn’t motivate me." After dropping a spreadsheet of data in front of a team member and giving them a motivational speech about how...

The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is excited to announce the appointment of Adam M. Alonso as its next president and CEO. Alonso, a respected leader...

In episode 18 of the Community Rec Magazine Podcast, Peter DeGregorio, the CFO of the YMCA of Delaware, provides his takeaways for diversifying funding at...

The landscape for community recreation centers, including YMCAs, JCCs and other membership-based organizations, is changing with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new 'Click to Cancel'...

“Most of our organizations have been around for 100 years,” said Amy Durbin, the SVP of membership and programs at the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati....

Does every staff member who reports to you clearly know your mission statement? When you consider most people who work in our centers are here...

To help meet demand from members and keep up with industry trends, the Kokomo Family YMCA in Kokomo, Indiana, installed a new sauna recently in...