The Wayman D. Palmer YMCA on Bancroft Street is one of the jewels of the YMCA of Greater Toledo locations, Suzanne McCormick said.

Ms. McCormick, president and CEO of the YMCA of the USA, paid her first visit to Toledo on Monday to tour several YMCA sites. The Wayman D. Palmer YMCA really stood out.

“It was incredible,” Ms. McCormick said. “Such a beautiful, dignified building.”

Wayman D. Palmer, which opened in March, replaced a much older YMCA building that was razed to make way for a park and green space.

Once Ms. McCormick walked through the door of the new facility, she was struck by community members of all ages engaged with each other.

“It was alive with people playing pool, or working out somewhere,” Ms. McCormick said. “Also, there were a lot of young people working there. It

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