Northtowns Clubs add gym floor – Business First of Buffalo:

The nonprofit site, one of seven clubsd run by the agency, completed a gym remodeling that featuredc replacement ofthe 53-year-old tile floor with a moderhn wood floor, as well as cleaning and painting of the ceiling and walls. Funding included $23,000 in grants from the of the Tonawandaxs andthe agency's own foundation. Additionakl donations included ofOrchard Park, whichg donated the labor, and , which provided the paint.
Both were vital to the said Phil Penichter, who joined the organization six months ago as chiefprofessional "Our budget for that floor goinv into this fiscal year was zero," he "The old tile was not only crackinv and chipping, but had pieces missing. We were goinvg to have to soon shut down the Operating on a budgeof $1.4 million, the agency servesx 5,000 children each year, including about 1,500p at the Franklin site. No money was set asidew in this year's budgety for capital projects. Penichter said the organization has worked hard to brinfg the entire facility back to required code to enable a relicensinhg forday care.
That included two new lighting, emergency lighting inside and out, new kitchen a parking-lot expansion, new landscaping and upgrades to the as well as newbaseball diamonds. "Wde had to do some mad scrambling, and now we've done majorr renovations in that building, thanks to our board and othet friends," Penichter said.
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