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LOS ANGELES - In January, the Palisades Fire completely destroyed the Palisades-Malibu YMCA. Now, seven months later, plans were announced to rebuild a new world-class facility.

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On Thursday, elected city officials, community members, and those with the YMCA broke ground on the new facility.

The new facility will have two campuses — one located in the Via de la Paz area and another near Temescal and Sunset.

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - AUGUST 14: Artist rendering of the expanded Simon Meadow that's part of the $25 million formerly Palisades-Malibu YMCA that will be renamed the Lowe Family YMCA. The announcement was made in Pacific Palisades, CA on Thursday, Expand

"Today we are making the commitment to not only bring back the Via de la Paz YMCA that we lost du

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