Indiana Regional Medical Center announced Tuesday that they have acquired Mack Park.
(From L to R: State Representative Jim Struzzi, YMCA/J.S. Mack Co-Chairs Cathleen Zilner and CJ Spadafora, YMCA of Indiana County CEO Eric Neal, Jonathan Mack with the J.S. Mack Foundation, IRMC President Steve Wolfe and State Senator Joe Pittman)
The $4 million purchase will ensure the property remains a community asset, and also guarantees that the Indiana County Fair will remain in its current location, and that the park will be maintained. Operations of Mack Park Pool will remain with the YMCA of Indiana County.
Jonathan Mack said that the acquisition will help with the mission of the J.S. Mack Foundation in the fact that it has been difficult to financially maintain the park.
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IRMC President Steve Wolfe talked about some of the hospital’s goals with this acquisition.
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The ground was originally owned by John Sephus Mack, the president of G.C. Murphy, a chain of “five-and-dime” stores across the united states back in the early 20th Century before it became a community park in 1934.
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