Beyond every doorway a new sound emerges.

Through the first one, weights clang, elliptical trainers swish and strides thump rhythmically on treadmills.Through another, several dozen people, members of the Silver Sneakers, work through exercises, guided by an instructor who counts for them.It wasn't always that way. Nineteen years ago, if you would have poked your head inside the door of the former Jamesway Store on Route 209 in Tamaqua, you wouldn't have heard a thing. The 15,000-square-foot store closed in 1995.The yawning cavern is now home to the Tamaqua YMCA, which hosted Sen. David Argall and Rep. Jerry Knowles Thursday morning, in recognition of Y Advocacy Week, which is held Aug. 4-8 in Pennsylvania.Kim Johnson, CEO of the YMCA of Reading & Berks County said the local events mark a change in past efforts."We used to have Y Advocacy Day in October," Johnson explained. "All the Y CEOs would meet in Harrisburg, and then meet with legislators."This year we're visiting different Ys, and inviting them (the legislators) to come," she said. "It's more, see what we do, rather than just hear about what we do."Argall called the transformation of the building "a classic story of revitalization."He planned to split his time between the YMCA and the Tamaqua Train Station, and film his weekly broadcast featuring the two entities with the theme of revitalization."It's been quite a transformation," Argall said. "It turned the shopping plaza around, and the stores are all full."Tamaqua YMCA Executive Director Nick Zigmant said that improvements are ongoing. Remodeling continues into unused sections of the former store."We've gotten a lot bigger since we opened in 2008," Zigmant said. "We have more than 2,000 members and we hope to keep growing."