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The Town of Southern Pines and the YMCA are moving quickly to find an alternative site for a recreation facility after a land use restriction halted initial efforts.

It seems like there’s been talk of luring a YMCA facility to Southern Pines since leg warmers were a fashion craze. All these years later, workout fashions have changed radically,

Southern Pines’ plan to convey about eight acres to the YMCA along Morganton Road has been derailed after town officials learned of legal complications that make such a deal untenable.

Southern Pines is likely to see a YMCA development after about a decade of discussion, thanks to the Town council’s intent to convey about eight acres of land to the

The Town Council intends to transfer a piece of land near Morganton Road to the YMCA so it can develop a recreation facility.