PITTSBURGH — YMCA officials announced Tuesday they will be closing three Pittsburgh-area YMCA locations in August.
Channel 11 first told you about the bankruptcy protection filing in May, and the organization closed its location in downtown Pittsburgh.
The three additional locations, Penn Hills, Wilmerding and Coraopolis will close on Aug. 31.
Coraopolis sustained significant flood damage this month, and spending money on repairs would cost more than $600,000, officials said.
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Here is what we learned from the chief operating officer, Kevin Bolding, during a news conference held Tuesday morning:
Plus, a total of 234 full-time and part-time employees who rely on the YMCA for work.
YMCA CEO Kevin Bolding told Channel 11, it is “undetermined how many employees will lose their jobs.”
Bolding apologized to the communities these three YMCAs serve.
People who live in these communities said they never saw the closures coming.
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