The City of Tuscaloosa is requesting proposals from interested social service and civic agencies or organizations to garner interest to either possibly acquire or lease the former Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA building and property at 2939 18th Street and the adjacent Weaver Bolden Building and property at 2937 18th Street Tuscaloosa, Alabama to provide social, economic, educational, medical or such other humanitarian services to underserved areas of the City of Tuscaloosa including West Tuscaloosa.; The Benjamin Barnes Property contains approximately 2.29 acres. The building thereon contains approximately 12,000 square feet and was built in 1961. The Weaver Bolden property contains approximately 4,000 square feet and is approximately .073 acres. The City acquired the Benjamin Barnes Property in 2021, Deed Book 2021 Page 3428 and the Weaver Bolden property in 1959 Deed Book 434 page 83 as recorded in the Probate Office of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Both properties will be vacated by the YMCA in early 2025 once the Benjamin Barnes Branch relocates to their new facility by the McDonald Hughes Center. The Properties are in City Council District 1 and is currently zoned R-3 (Residence District 3). Depending upon the proposed or contemplated use of the properties, it may be necessary to have the properties rezoned for such use.
