FROM LEFT, SYSTEMS Control President Brad Lebouef presents a check to Northern Lights YMCA board member Stephanie Brule and Dickinson Center Director Jonathan Ringel. The company has pledged $150,000 to the YMCA’s planned renovations.

IRON MOUNTAIN — Systems Control has become the third area company to pledge significant financial support toward a major renovation project Northern Lights YMCA-Dickinson Center tentatively plans for 2019.

The Iron Mountain-based manufacturer will provide $150,000, joining the $150,000 CCI Systems pledged in October and a combined $125,000 gift from BOSS Snowplow and the Toro Company announced in mid-September.

“At Systems, we believe in community and looking toward the future,” Systems Control President and CEO Dave Brule Sr. said. “In a very short period of time, the Dickinson YMCA has become a remarkable success story in terms of what it offers and provides to this community. We’re proud to help build on that achievement so that the Y can continue to serve our area for many, many more years.”

Brule added, “Fellow business leaders understand the value of a thriving community center like the YMCA. A contribution to the future of the Dickinson YMCA is an investment in our community that will pay dividends for years to come in terms of talent recruitment, retention and development.”

The YMCA has yet to reveal the phases and scope of the upcoming Capital Project but plans to make the formal announcement in January. Renovations would begin in 2019 after the YMCA officially purchases the Community Center Building at 800 Crystal Lake Blvd. from Dickinson County.

“It’s the direct support of our community that allows us to fulfill our mission,” Dickinson YMCA Director Jonathan Ringel said. “We are extremely grateful to Systems Control for this donation and their support of our future.”

The Northern Lights YMCA in late 2010 took over the old Crystal Lake Community Center in a lease agreement with Dickinson County. Using a $500,000 Founders Campaign, the Y was able to bring that facility and pool back into operation, as well as purchase equipment for a new fitness center.

That spurred rapid growth in YMCA membership that continues, officials said. After starting with about 100 members, the facility now has more than 2,500 who log nearly 8,000 visits a month.

The YMCA, in turn, offers more than 50 youth, aquatics, fitness and special event programs both to members and non-members.

The organization also provides more than $100,000 a year in programming and membership assistance to the greater Dickinson County area, for a total that exceeds $800,000 since it began in 2010.

But with all that use, portions of the building, now more than 40 years old, need updates and repairs, officials said.

So the YMCA in January formally intends to launch an ambitious fundraising effort to “expand and remodel the current YMCA into a state-of-the-art center for the next generation,” according to a past YMCA news release.

The extent of the YMCA’s remodeling plans are contingent on what the community will support and desire. The YMCA receives no public funding through taxes, officials said, and the organization will not take on debt to fund its capital project.

“We’ve had a great start to this campaign,” Ringel said. “The community is responding in such a positive way. Momentum is building, and we’re very excited to launch our public campaign in January.”

Systems Control, a division of Northern Star Industries Inc., has for more than 50 years designed and manufactured engineered solutions for delivering energy worldwide. The company has more than 600 employees and is headquartered in Iron Mountain, with engineering offices in Houghton and Pewaukee, Wis.