{"id":29701,"date":"2026-04-29T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29701"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:05:18","slug":"sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-upgrading-recreational-opportunities-for-atlanta-families","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-upgrading-recreational-opportunities-for-atlanta-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Rev. Warnock\u00a0Upgrading Recreational Opportunities for Atlanta Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlanta, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and&nbsp;Reverend&nbsp;Raphael Warnock are delivering&nbsp;resources to&nbsp;upgrade recreational facilities in Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help the YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta upgrade&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Arthur M. Blank Family Youth YMCA, the Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA, and the Villages at Carver Family YMCA, including new lighting, roof repairs, and other infrastructure renovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are delivering $1,039,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on February 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorgia kids need safe places to play.&nbsp;That\u2019s&nbsp;why&nbsp;Senator&nbsp;Reverend Warnock and I&nbsp;brought&nbsp;Republicans&nbsp;and Democrats together to upgrade YMCAs in Metro Atlanta to ensure families can&nbsp;benefit&nbsp;from their great programs,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYMCAs are an important part of growing up for so many children, and I am proud to have worked with Senator Ossoff and our Metro Atlanta YMCAs to secure the infrastructure upgrades they need to continue serving the Atlanta community for years to come,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Senator Warnock.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta, we are deeply grateful to our federal partners for this critical investment in safety and infrastructure improvements at three of our Y locations, Arthur M. Blank Family Youth YMCA in downtown Atlanta, the Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA in Southwest Atlanta, and the Villages at Carver Family YMCA in Southeast Atlanta,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Lauren Koontz, President &amp; CEO of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThese locations are essential community anchors for the families they serve. This investment strengthens spaces that are already transforming lives every&nbsp;day, ensuring they&nbsp;remain&nbsp;safe, welcoming, and ready to support children and families for years to come.&nbsp;We\u2019re&nbsp;truly appreciative of the partnership and shared commitment to the well-being of our community.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and&nbsp;Reverend&nbsp;Raphael Warnock are delivering&nbsp;resources to&nbsp;upgrade recreational facilities in Atlanta. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help the YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta upgrade&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Arthur M. Blank Family Youth YMCA, the Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA, and the Villages at Carver Family YMCA, including new lighting, roof [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29701","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29702,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29701\/revisions\/29702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}