When Sean Elliott, CEO of the YMCA of the Capital Area, moved to Baton Rouge, he needed a place to stay while he waited for his family to relocate.

Elliott became one of the first tenants of Point at Mid City, the Y’s first housing project in Baton Rouge, located near the intersection of Government Street and South Foster Drive. He said it is a return to the national organization’s original business model that largely involved housing, and fills the growing need for affordable living in Baton Rouge.

“It's a great billboard for what the YMCA is here for, which is to address the needs of the community,” he said.

Elliott said the partnership between Bearing Point Properties, the developer for the apartments and the renovations of the A.C. Lewis gym, is “atypical” since the Y is a nonprofit

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