CHEYENNE – The Cheyenne YMCA will close its doors indefinitely next Friday, Sept. 26.

This comes after years of financial difficulty and an attempted lifeline extended from the YMCA of Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming, when it was asked to take control of the local Y around four years ago.

Chris Coker, president and CEO of the YMCA of Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming, said the decision was made with great regret.

“I've opened about a dozen Ys in my Y career. I've never closed one,” he said Monday. “This is the first time I've ever closed a Y, and it's horrible. ... When a community loses the Y, the community is not better off for it.”

Though the decision was not made lightly, Coker said it was the only option to continue to operate the YMCA locations in northern Colorado.

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