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 | | Following brief remarks by officials from YMHA and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which funded the $7 million effort, Eugenia Atkinson, YMHA executive director, led the ribbon cutting in the lobby of the former hotel built in 1913. |
 | | Speakers, including YMHA's director of development, Mark Straub, saluted Chris Collins, the project manager, for overseeing the work while the headquarters staff and residents were in Amedia Plaza, a situation that challenged staff, residents and workmen, all acknowledged. |
 | | YMHA, established in 1933 and which today manages 1,543 housing units in the city, received the go-ahead from HUD to proceed with the $7 million effort nearly seven years ago, Atkinson says. |
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