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Economic Impact

Economic Impact for Job Creation

  • The Y will employ 70 full-time equivalent jobs and an additional 17 jobs for Y suppliers.
  • Compensation to employees is $2,070,820.
  • Direct compensation to Y employees and indirect compensation to suppliers and their suppliers totals $2,545,456.
  • More than 150 people will work on the project through construction.
  • The total cost of construction labor will be $7 to $7.5 million.

Economic Impact Through Education

  • 1,020 children, adolescents and older teens participated in a wide variety of education programs designed to help them improve their achievement levels reduce drop-out rates and encourage higher education.
  • We estimate that each year these programs could add more than $8 million to potential lifetime earnings of current participants.

Economic Impact for the State and Community

  • A competitive natatorium with 50-meter pool will generate economic development through tourism.
  • Feasibility study conducted by the city of Tupelo, their facility could generate $407,000 in direct revenues annually and have a $3.5 million annual economic impact.
  • Over $500,000 in Y scholarship assistance provided to low income families and communities in the last five years.
  • Communities with a Y are more attractive and richer in quality to perspective businesses and employees.
  • Property values increase.
  • Improved quality of life – more recreational and educational opportunities.
  • Because the Y can provide these services, they relieve the community and state of financial burden of long-term services.

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