Years ago this place had a very bad reputation: ve...

Years ago this place had a very bad reputation: very run down equipment and extremely rude and miserable staff (as was attested to by staff at other branches who had to go thru training at the Westerly branch). This is not one would expect from a YMCA. Now I know that some major changes have been made the last 10 years, but when I was back in town with my wife, we participated in their Turkey Trot road race. What a discombobulated mess! No exact starting and finish line, too many people crowded onto a narrow street, no exact turn-around spot, no way to substantiate times and whether people actually ran the entire distance, etc... . Yet they were all too happy to charge you the price of any other major 5k road race. My wife wound up getting knocked off the course and twisting an ankle.
The Y is asking for major legal problems in this day and age conducting events in such a fashion. The facility looks much improved, but I can see not much has changed with how this chapter isn't focused on what other Ys I've been to understand far better when it comes to its purpose in the community.