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Name: Jessica Barb on Jun 18, 2007Comments: The Lakewood YMCA is a vital part of this neighborhood. It would be a shame to lose it.Flag
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Name: Mark Otter on Jun 18, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Joe Woolley on Jun 18, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Mary Wible-Brennan on Jun 18, 2007Comments: My family has lived here for 11 years and consider the Lakewood YMCA an asset and a stabilizing force in our neighborhood. We have been members off and on over the years. I encourage the leadership of the YMCA to look at its mission statement especially the part that says "to build strong communities" and weigh what the closure of the Lakewood Y would do.Flag
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Name: Kim Burhop-Service on Jun 18, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Olga Otter on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Rebecca Romaine on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Sandy Demeree on Jun 19, 2007Comments: I use this YMCA location and would like to see it stay open, mostly because of the great number of local children who use it and would not be able to get downtown to swim!!Flag
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Name: Lisa Gonzalez on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: William Triplett on Jun 19, 2007Comments: I believe that any decision concerning this facility should be delayed until discussion concerning its future role as a community center can be conducted. I am a member of the downtown YMCA and fully support the Y and its programs.Flag
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Name: Becky Carver on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Becky Carver on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Karen Stewart on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Patricia Rieser on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Lisa Jones on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Alice Hall on Jun 19, 2007Comments: Please keep the Lake YMCA open for community use, where many can continue to come and share in a wide range of activities with others of diverse backgrounds which are the essentials of healthy community.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 19, 2007Comments: please save this important community resourceFlag
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Name: Wendy Bernhardt on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Tricia Maloney on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 19, 2007Comments: The YMCA is and should be a community resource, not just another commercial health club. Why try to compete with commercial health clubs when your mission is more noble and valuable The Lakewood YMCA is an example of where you succeed in supporting a community - please work toward making this sustainable before chasing new customers and a new mission in the suburbs.Flag
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Name: Denny Hood on Jun 19, 2007Comments: The YMCA is an asset to the neighborhood. Please keep it there.Flag
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Name: Cesanne Berry on Jun 19, 2007Comments: I no longer belong to the Y but when we were raising our two girls, we were active members. Since they attended a private school with less diversity, we purposely supported the Y because we wanted that important diversity in their lives. Our experiences with soccer, swim lessons, gymnastics were great! I really hope there is a way to keep this facility open. I am sure the private gyms, dance studios, gymnastics studios, organized soccer have impacted the Y adversely. I wonder if a marketing effort would help to bring some of these folks to the Y.Flag
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Name: Mark Langan on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Susan Hertz on Jun 19, 2007Comments: The Lakewood Y serves the community in a way that no other Y does or will ever do. It is not cost effective now because of decisions made by the Y over many years. I hope the Y will do the right thing and make decisions now to correct this. Thank you, SusanFlag
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Name: Christian Ferney on Jun 19, 2007Comments: Even with the potential for expansion in other areas of the city and the condition of the building, a decision to close the Lakewood YMCA would be premature. The surrounding neighborhoods are committed to helping the Lakewood YMCA remain a vibrant and viable part of the community for the forseeable future.Flag
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Name: Joyce Young on Jun 19, 2007Comments: The Y is an essential part of our community. Please keep it open.Flag
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Name: Rebecca Morphis on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Richard Ziglar on Jun 19, 2007Comments: I thought when the Durham Ys went over to management by the Triangle Y folks that they would respect and preserve what is necessary for Durham. A so called Christian organization should be serving where the need is greatest... in some of our poorer neighborhoods.Flag
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Name: Kay Webb on Jun 19, 2007Comments: It is important to the community to have this building occupied.Flag
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Name: Shawn Sendlinger on Jun 19, 2007Comments: The Lakewood Y is a crucial resource to the surrounding community, including many at-risk youth.Flag
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Name: Andrew Seamans on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: LeAnn Hinson on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Kenny Dalsheimer on Jun 19, 2007Comments: Dear YMCA Board and Management: I wanted to add how important the Lakewood Y has been to our family over the past 18 years and especially during the early years of childrearing. Each of my children participated in Y sports activities and teams and I coached for many years on the soccer and basketball fields. The community came together for practices and games and I met many long time friends through the Y. Finally, I feel that Durham needs more not less healthy places to play/work/socialize and closing this facility would be a real loss for families in the neighbhorhoods surrounding this location. Thanks for your consideration. Kenny DalsheimerFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 19, 2007Comments: Closing the Lakewood Y would be a detriment to the surrounding community and families who rely on the facility to provide fitness and education opportunities.Flag
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Name: Stephen Pogoloff on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Deborah Marion on Jun 19, 2007Comments: In addition to serving many low income youth who have no alternative for fellowship and recreation (including swimming instruction-a true safety issue), the Lakewood Y serves as a physical and economic anchor for several lower income neighborhoods in Durham. It is also the only place I have ever known (churches and other Y's included) where people of all colors, and economic and educational backgrounds come together with absolutely no regard for their differences. Finally, Durham has a clear problem with gang membership and elevated school dropout rates; closing the Lakewood Y is a good way to exacerbate those problems.Flag
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Name: Susan O'Loughlin on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Robert Robinson on Jun 19, 2007Comments: I am energized by the spirit of fitness and fellowship I find at the Lakewood Y. It is one of the rare places where I gather with people of all races and ages in common purpose. Please don't close it down.Flag
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Name: John Marcarelli on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Maria Popa on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Olivia Brakenbury on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Polly Medlicott on Jun 19, 2007Comments: It would be so beneficail for the strong, healthy, diverse community movement of Durham to keep Lakewood Y as a community center. Please help make this happenFlag
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Name: Kellie Morris on Jun 19, 2007Comments: We need facilities like this to provide a safe place for children in Durham to explore various activities.Flag
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Name: George Vaughan on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: David Harris on Jun 19, 2007Comments: I support the community's effort to work out an aggreement with the Triangle YMCA to maintain a present in the Lakewook area.Flag
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Name: Sharon Barrell on Jun 19, 2007Comments: The Lakewood Y serves so many families. My kids have spent valuable time there engaged in sports activities and camps. It is a central location to many Durham residents. Please don't close it.Flag
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Name: Emily Brassell on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Michael Taeckens on Jun 19, 2007Comments:Flag