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The Y will soon have presence in Wake
Forest.
Jeff Ammons, who is
developing The Factory as a
sports-entertainment-retail complex,
announced this week the YMCA of the
Triangle has taken a 10-year lease on
the 21,000-square-foot space near the
two ice rinks for a wellness center.
Construction will begin this summer, and
plans are for an opening in early 2007.
“The final piece of The
Factory puzzle was a wellness center
that could provide service to all family
members,” Ammons said. “When considering
prospective tenants for the space, I
couldn’t imagine a better organization
than the YMCA of the Triangle to serve
the families of our community.”
“The facility and field
space at The Factory will offer more
opportunities for kids and families with
diverse interests to take part in YMCA
programs and activities that promote a
healthy lifestyle,” Doug McMillan, CEO
of the YMCA of the Triangle, said.
Along with the wellness
center, the Y at The Factory will house
some summer day camps and track-out
programming for year-round school
students.
The Factory features the
region’s only twin ice rink facility,
six-field championship baseball park,
skateboard park, indoor soccer, batting
cages, basketball, retail shops, pottery
studio and restaurants.
The space was originally
leased to a fitness center which never
opened. The Factory was formerly home to
Athey, which produced street sweepers.
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Dick Larsen, a well-known
artist in Wake Forest and across the
country, has opened a new studio in The
Cotton Company Gallery on South White
Street.
Larsen will be the featured
artist at The Cotton Company during
June, and his month-long show will begin
with an artist reception and wine
tasting, part of the Historic Wake
Forest Art After Hours, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, June 9.
Originally from Detroit,
Larsen moved to Wake Forest more than 17
years ago, at first commuting from his
advertising job in Florida to his wife
here, before deciding to pursue his
passion for painting fulltime. He has
been a successful painter for the last
25 years, and his works hang in
galleries from Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., to Palm Beach, Fla. |
