| 1892 |
First Phoenix YMCA Committee Organized. |
| 1907 |
First Building Fund drive which raised $103,000. |
| 1911 |
First YMCA Building at 2nd Avenue and Monroe. |
| 1912 |
Phoenix YMCA Incorporated. |
| 1936 |
First Membership “Round-Up” with a goal of 300 members. |
| 1938 |
Location of sites and funds made available by Barry Goldwater for
Sky-Y Camp in Prescott. |
| 1942 |
East and West Maricopa Branches organized. |
| 1944 |
Building Fund Campaign for $500,000; goal exceeded. Land was
acquired for current site. |
| 1950 |
Second campaign needed because of war creating shortage of materials and
increased costs post-war; goal exceeded. |
| 1952 |
Dedication of new building on 1st Avenue. |
| 1956 |
Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe Branches chartered. |
| 1957 |
Metropolitan Y Organizational Chart was adopted. |
| 1958 |
Downtown, Northeast and Northwest (now Chris-Town) Branches
were chartered. |
| 1959 |
South Mountain became an Extension. |
| 1960 |
Downtown physical facility expanded. |
| 1963 |
Mesa Branch became first facility unit. |
| 1966 |
Capital Fund Campaign. |
| 1967 |
Branch building construction started. |
| 1968 |
New facility dedications; Northeast, Chris-Town, Scottsdale, West Valley
and Sky-Y Camp. |
| 1970 |
Dedication of South Mountain’s new building. |
| 1973 |
Contribution of Chauncey Ranch by Tom Chauncey. |
| 1974 |
Tempe Branch chartered. |
| 1976 |
South Mountain chartered as Branch. |
| 1978 |
Northwest became an Extension of Chris-Town. |
| 1980 |
Capital Campaign raised $3,000,000+. |
| 1981 |
Chandler became an extension of Mesa. |
| 1983 |
Chris-Town facility was constructed. |
| 1983 |
Land acquired from City of Tempe on 99 year lease for new building. |
| 1984 |
Northwest extension was chartered as a Branch. |
| 1984 |
Scottsdale Branch moved to Kachina School and property was sold
enabling the purchase of property on Scottsdale Road & Shea Blvd. |
| 1985 |
Chandler Extension was chartered as a branch. |
| 1986 |
Capital Campaign raised $3,000,000+. |
| 1987 |
New Scottsdale facility opened in January. |
| 1987 |
New Tempe facility opened in October. |
| 1989 |
Renovation of Downtown Membership facility completed at a cost of
$1,500,000. |
| 1990 |
Mesa Branch added 8,000 square feet and re-modeled the existing
facility at a cost of $600,000. |
| 1990 |
Scottsdale/PV Fitness Room was expanded by 1,200 square foot. |
| 1990 |
Northwest Branch name was changed to Glendale/Peoria Branch and
the office was moved to Glendale. |
| 1990 |
Phoenix and Valley of the Sun YMCA officially became Valley of the Sun YMCA. |
| 1993 |
Ahwatukee Extension established. |
| 1994 |
South Scottsdale Leadership Center established. |
| 1994 |
Urban Services established as a branch. |
| 1995 |
Ahwatukee Extension was chartered as a branch. |
| 1995 |
South Mountain YMCA opens new 18,000 square foot facility on Olympic Drive
in March at a cost of $1,400,000. |
| 1995 |
Scottsdale YMCA opened a 13,000 square foot addition in May at a cost of $900,000. |
| 1995 |
Tempe YMCA opened a 11,000 sq. ft. addition in October at a cost of $900,000. |
| 1996 |
South Mountain YMCA opened new gymnasium at Olympic Drive in July at a
cost of $650,000. |
| 1997 |
Glendale/Peoria YMCA opens a new 11,000 sq. ft. facility on the campus of
American Graduate School of International Management at a cost of $1.5 million. |
| 1997 |
Deer Valley Extension established in fall of the year. |
| 1998 |
Chandler construction begins in February for new facility. |
| 1998 |
Gilbert/East Mesa Extension established. |
| 1998 |
Capital Campaign raised $8 million. |
| 1999 |
Chandler/Gilbert YMCA opened a new 13,000 sq. ft. facility on the grounds
of Chandler Regional Hospital. |
| 1999 |
Flagstaff Extension established. |
| 1999 |
Yuma Extension established. |
| 1999 |
Ahwatukee Foothills YMCA opened a new 5,000 sq. ft. “state of the art”
Child Development Center. |
| 2000 |
Yuma facility opened April 2000. |
| 2001 |
Ahwatukee groundbreaking – August 2001. |
| 2002 |
Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA opens a new 33,000 square ft. facility |
| 2003 |
Copper Basin ground breaking |
| 2003 |
Southwest Valley Regional YMCA chartered |
| 2003 |
South Mountain Sports Complex was built |
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