A rendering of the planned new South Omaha center for Girls Inc. It will replace the existing one and is being built on a lot at 2108 L St., near Omaha South High School. (Courtesy of HBA)

OMAHA — Boosted by $11.2 million in state funding, a new and roughly $35 million Girls Inc. center in South Omaha will be nearly five times larger than the existing one.

Set to rise near Omaha South High School, the 36,000-square-foot facility is planned to fit 300 girls — up from about 50 served currently on a daily basis at the existing club site several blocks southwest.

While retaining the “Emma Lozier Center” name, the replacement structure will include a full-sized gym, kitchen and cafeteria, multisports fields, flexible indoor and outdoor classrooms for STEM and art classes.

Overall, the campu

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