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Refresh Revitalize P°0p0Sed service arca. Should _ the _ public response be favourable towards the YMCA bringing some sort of programming to the area, Haddock said a variety of options will be considered. Those options, he said, may range from a new fitâ€" ness facility to a smallâ€"scale place for programs. The YMCA will also hold focus group sessions with three established neighâ€" bourhood associations to understand the communiâ€" ty‘s priority needs within the proposed service area. "We‘re not testing anything. We‘ll just be asking people what they‘re doing now in terms of (recreation) and what they‘re likely to be doing in the future." "This is a needs study at this point," explained John Haddock, CEO of the Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo YMCA. Township of Wellesley Wednesday, March 8th approximately 10 minutes to complete. Responses will bekept strictly confidential. Tuesday, February 28th City of Kitchener Wednesday, March 1st 'l'ownsllir of Woolwich Tuesday, February 28th City of Cambridge Tuesday, February 21st City of Waterloo Wednesday, February 22nd Township of North Dumfries Wednesday, February 15th Township of Wilmot Thursday, February 16th SESSIONS WILL BE HELD FROM 3:30 TO 6:00 PM. AT: Public Health staff will be available with information and resources regarding the Smokeâ€"Free Ontario Act and what it means for workplaces in the Region of Waterloo. Information will also be available about secondâ€"hand smoke, quitting smoking, and enforcement of the Smokeâ€"Free Ontanio Act Representatives from your workplace by Region of Waterloo Public Health Region of Waterloo PUBLIC HEALTH For more information cal! the Region of Waterloo Public Health Tobacco Information Line at (519) 883â€"2279 or visit our website www.region.waterloo0.on.ca/ph Tim Taylor couldn‘t agree more. "We now feel the highest need is on the west side," Haddock said. Waterloo has been withâ€" out a YMCA facility since 2005 when the longtime facility on Lincoln Road closed. "We‘ve been planning to {(open) in Waterloo for the past five years now," he said, referring to the past idea of building a joint main library/YMCA facility in the core. "But those discussions stopped for various reaâ€" sons." Haddock said offering YMCA programming in Waterloo is not a new idea. "We‘re hoping to have a better idea of where we want to go with this by March." "We‘re not even close to that point yet though," Hadâ€" dock said. "We‘re starting with the phone portion and meeting with the focus groups. The president of the are invited to attend a free information session hosted Region of Waterloo Headquarters 1:3 Frederick St., Kitchener . St. Clements Community Hall, _ 1 Green St., St. Clements Region of Waterloo Ayr Branch Library, 137 Stanley St., Ayr Castle Kilbride, 60 Snyder‘s Rd. W., Baden Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, 750 Hespeler Rd., Cambridge Watertoo City Centre â€" Council Chambers 100 Regina St. S., Waterioo Woolywich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs Taylor suggested resurâ€" recting the concept of a joint library/YMCA facility and incorporating a YMCA into the new branch library that‘s planned to open on the west side next year. "I think a YMCA survey would receive a welcome response from this area." "Our group has often talked about the lack of recreation facilities on west side, whether it be parks, soccer fields, skating rinks or fitness clubs like the YMCA," Tavlor said. Westvale community assoâ€" ciation called the west side a recreationally starved area. 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