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COMMUNITY Merger, expansion allows YMCA to better serve greater Michiana
Story by Beau Brockett Jr.
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t the turn of the calendar year, the YMCA of Michiana and the YMCA of Southwest Michigan associations merged together to form one larger association. The merger combined the following branches: Niles-Buchanan YMCA and
Benton Harbor-St. Joseph YMCA — which together make up the YMCA of Southwest Michigan — and Riverview Family YMCA in South Bend, which has since closed, and Camp Eberhart near Three Rivers, Michigan — which together make up the YMCA of Michiana. The future merger was announced
Aug. 7, 2019, after three executive boards associated with the YMCA of Michiana and the YMCA of Southwest Michigan voted to combine. The association serves approximately 20,000 members and participants and employs 500 people through an operating budget of about $11 million, said Mark Weber, CEO of the new
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