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Bessemer DDA discusses potential YMCA, new survey

By P.J. GLISSON

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BESSEMER — Members of the Bessemer Downtown Development Authority are looking to the future in relation to how to achieve the city’s greatest potential.

In a meeting last week, they discussed a number of priorities, including expanded parking, new main street trees and even the potential for a YMCA or similar facility.

Samantha Dorr, a city secretary who also now heads up the DDA, said as a starting point that she has studied the city’s master plan and noted that any DDA goals should be approached “as cheaply and efficiently” as possible in accordance wi...