$18 MILLION YMCA AND HOSPITAL COLLABORATION PROJECT PLANNED

AVON, IND. — Hendricks Regional Health and the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis are partnering to build central Indiana’s first fully-integrated YMCA and hospital collaboration in Avon. The approximately $18 million project is planned for a 28.8-acre site located along Highway 36. Measuring 100,000 square feet, the Hendricks Regional Health YMCA will offer health and wellness services designed around the needs of the surrounding community. YMCA amenities will include an indoor aquatics center, a wellness center, a dance/aerobics studio, a sports gym, a teen center, a child watch area, an indoor climbing wall, outdoor sports fields, walking trails and an outdoor education center. Hendricks Regional Health will provide physical and occupational therapies, cardiac rehabilitation, complete lab and x-ray services, new medical practices, sports medicine, and other hospital outreach programs. The community will raise $13.5 million to fund the project. Based on funding, the project could begin as early as this summer, with a projected opening in late 2010.