Saturday, March 04, 2000
Fitness center for Ky. youths will close
BY CINDY SCHROEDER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — A fitness center that opened in 1995 to deter drug use by involving youths in body building and health awareness activities will close at the end of August because of funding problems.
The Housing Authority of Covington is negotiating to move the fitness equipment to the Northern Kentucky Community Center about a block north of the fitness center's location at East Robbins and Greenup streets.
“We're hoping to come to an agreement with the community center about placing the equipment” in the former Lincoln Grant School, said Bill Simon, director of the Covington Housing Authority. “We would still try to maintain the same reduced-fee structure for housing authority residents.”
The fitness center, which has about 100 members, was funded with drug elimination grant money from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
This year, Covington's grant was reduced by $77,000 — from $280,000 to $211,000 — because the grant program had a new formula that allowed it to distribute money to more housing authorities, Mr. Simon said.
Residents of Covington's public housing projects use the fitness center at a reduced fee. The center encourages housing authority residents to mingle with the rest of the community, which also uses the center.
Mr. Simon said the housing authority is looking for public and private support to help pay for the center operations in its new location.
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