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The head of Calhoun County’s YMCA on Friday said the nonprofit group’s location in Oxford will move, changing its hours and some of the services it offers starting March 1.

Patricia Jackson stood inside the newly renovated lobby of the YMCA of Calhoun County in Anniston Friday and complimented the work done to update the building. “It’s very appealing,” Jackson said. “Definitely an improvement.”

For the first time in six years memberships at the YMCA of Calhoun County are up, and the Y is renovating the Anniston branch with the extra cash.

Johnnie Pearson is the head swim coach at the YMCA of Calhoun County and has volunteered 22 hours a week for the past five years in that capacity. He was recently named the recipient of the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama’s Juliette P. Doster Award for Outstanding Volunteerism in Community Health.

Demetrius Hardy is the director of sports and aquatics at the YMCA of Calhoun County. He has always had a passion for sports — basketball, in particular. “I have played basketball since I was 8, and I have coached since 2009 or 2010,” he said. He has also coached baseball and football, and recently became certified as a lifeguard.