WHAT: The Sumner County Family YMCA will host a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, March 27, 9:30 a.m. to celebrate the start of construction on a new pavilion. The project represents a public-private investment with $600,000 secured through a state grant and $1.08 million raised through the center’s capital campaign in support of the development. This exciting expansion is a fitting capstone to a milestone anniversary for the Sumner County Y, which celebrated 25 years of serving the Hendersonville and surrounding communities in December 2025.
The new pavilion has an anticipated completion date of Dec. 31, 2026. Once completed, it will house two buildings – a 1,300 square foot pool house and the 2,580 square foot pavilion space. The expansion will include a gymnasium, check-in and check-out area, restrooms, changing stalls, a snack shack, meditation garden and donor wall. Further, with high demand for camp services in the Sumner County area, the buildout will allow the Y ability to double the size of its summer day camp program from currently 150 youth up to 300.
WHO: Mr. John Mikos, President & CEO, YMCA of Middle Tennessee
The Honorable Ferrell Haile, Tennessee State Senate, District 18
The Honorable Jamie Clary, Mayor, City of Hendersonville
Mrs. Kathy Raglin, District Executive Director, Sumner County Family YMCA•
WHEN: Friday, March 27, 2026
9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Sumner County Family YMCA
102 Bluegrass Commons Boulevard
Hendersonville, TN 37075
BACKGROUND:
At the end of 2025, the Sumner County Family YMCA reached 25 years of serving thousands of youth, families, and seniors annually. Since December 2000, the Sumner County Y continues to impact Hendersonville and surrounding areas by bringing together families, inspiring healthy living, and creating more opportunities in the spirit of neighbors helping neighbors—to ensure people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.
ABOUT THE Y
The YMCA of Middle Tennessee is the region’s leading nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Since 1875, the Y has been helping people grow in spirit, mind and body, inspired by its mission as a worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ. Through its 12 family wellness centers, outdoor adventure center and range of community-based programs and services, the Y gives people of all ages the tools they need to belong and be well. Last year, the Y reached 238,373 people, improving the region’s health and well-being, nurturing the potential of children and teens and providing opportunities to serve others and support our neighbors.
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- Dawn Rutledge, Ed.D.
Director of Communications
YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
1000 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37203
O: (615) 259-9622, ext. 70195 C: (615) 293-3304