The YMCA Arts Center on Church Street

Community Benefit

115 East Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701

Performing arts education in synergy with the performance programs of New Spire Stages

This property served as New Spire Studios, an educational building with workshops and classes in music, movement, multimedia, and theatre for all ages and abilities. The first floor opened in June 2017, and the other three floors, including a gymnasium on the third floor, are undergoing renovations. In Spring of 2019, a new partnership was created between New Spire Arts and the Frederick County YMCA’s Arts and Humanities division to collaboratively enhance performing arts education in Frederick.

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Project Highlights

Historic Downtown Frederick property
Originally constructed in 1885
Former home of the McGill all-girls school
Fully renovated 2 floors

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Marvin Ezra Ausherman, a native of Frederick County, received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Miami University of Ohio in 1974.

Marvin then joined his father in the family’s residential home building business. He eventually took the reins of the company until it was sold to Drees Homes in 2003. Marvin had a successful career as a second-generation residential home builder/developer, completing 30 communities and 5,000 homes over 40 years. For the past 15 years, Marvin has been a commercial developer/investor and devotes much of his time to the family’s philanthropic endeavors. He created the Ausherman Family Trust in 2000 and the Ausherman Family Foundation in 2006.

Marvin has and always will be involved in many Frederick County organizations and projects for the betterment of the Frederick community. He has served on the County’s Affordable Housing Council as chair and on the Boards of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, the Community Foundation of Frederick County, YMCA of Frederick County, Federated Charities, Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Frederick Health, Frederick Community College, and others. He is the founder of BlueRidge Bank, a local Frederick County community bank, and also a member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club of Frederick.