Closing in on a century since its building on Dodge Street opened in 1926, and 135 years since the organization was founded in Janesville in 1890, the YMCA of Northern Rock County is asking the community to help chart its next era.
We urge anyone who has a stake in the YMCA, the downtown, and the city as a whole, to make plans to participate.
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