St. Cloud YMCA Seeks Public Donations For Water Park Fund

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- The St. Cloud Area Family YMCA is in the final stretch in its efforts to raise enough money to build a new outdoor water park.

They've raised nearly $11 million from the private sector so far, including a $1 million donation from Stearns County.

Executive Director Greg Gack says they did submit a request for $5 million in bonding money from the State Legislature, but that didn't get approved.

He says they are now asking the general public to make a donation to get them to their goal of $15 million.

We don't want this to be a project that gets pushed into 2026, which will only increase the cost of construction. We're going to need everybody to embrace this project and be a donor.

Gack says they'd like to get the remaining dollars committed by Labor Day of this year, so they can start construction this fall.

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Gack says, once it's built, it will be a regional asset that will be open to everyone.

You don't have to be a member of the Y to access the Y. We're having conversations with regional businesses and people that see this as a regional asset.

A water park fly-through video has been created to give residents an idea of what the finished facility will look like. They've been working with HMA Architects to complete the designs.