Bramhall, Herzer new co-chairs of YMCA effort

Morning Journal Staff
05/01/2008

AVON -- Attorney David L. Herzer and engineer Michael Bramhall will be heading up the YMCA of Greater Cleveland's Healthy Communities Campaign to build a new Y in Avon.

We are thrilled to have two such key individuals to help us lead our capital campaign,'' said Glenn Haley, president and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Greater Cleveland. ''Their leadership will no doubt make a tremendous difference as we work to raise the needed $5.2 million to complete the construction of the new French Creek YMCA at Avon.''

The organization is campaigning to gain support for the new YMCA that will be constructed in Avon at SR 611 and Interstate 90. Groundbreaking on the new 66,527-square-foot facility will be later this year. It is scheduled to open in December 2009.

Herzer, 63, of Vermilion, is the president and chief executive officer of Wickens Herzer Panza Cook & Batista, Lorain County's largest law firm and located in Avon.

The Lorain High School graduate also graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He is a director or trustee of more than 100 corporate boards.

Bramhall, 38, of Avon, is the president of Bramhall Engineering and Surveying. The professional engineer and land surveyor is the city engineer for Avon and several other Lorain County municipalities. He also has worked on several large scale design build projects throughout the country.

Bramhall serves on the board of the Lorain County Community College Foundation, the North Coast Regional Chamber of Commerce and Community Health Partners as well as the board of trustees of Lake Ridge Academy. He is past president of the North Coast Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The French Creek YMCA is being built on a 122-acre site at SR 611 and I-90 and will be a cornerstone of the new recreational complex, which will include a minor league baseball stadium and several soccer fields. It is being designed by Doty and Miller Architects.

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