JCC Chicago Could Close Mayer Kaplan Center

JCC Chicago could close the Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center, but keep its presence in Skokie.

“We do intend, and we have communicated with our community, that we plan to retire the building at some point,” Addie Goodman, Chief Advancement Officer at JCC Chicago, told the Skokie Review. “But we do not have a firm timeline or definitive plans at this point.”

A JCC Chicago newsletter in August first indicated plans to find a new site for its early childhood program, but no closing date has been announced and registration is under way for next year’s camps at the location.

Goodman assured Skokie residents the new site would remain somewhere in the vicinity.

“We’re not looking to move away from Skokie or transfer to an entirely different community,” she said. “Our primary goal is to provide those families of that community with the very best program and facility as possible.”

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