Dole gives Sl million to Triunfo YMCA

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Dole gives Sl million to Triunfo YMCA
•New facility
on pace to open
in fall next year
BJ Rachel McGrath
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ThenewTriunfo YMCA
being built at the Westlake
Village Community Park
has received another
funding boost, thanks to
a $1 million donation from
Dole Foods.
The money will be used
to support an interactive
learning center and cafe
at the Y, which will provide an opportunity for
the public to access online wellness education
and nutritional guidance
as well as participate in
fitness activities.
The Westlake Villagebased company owned by
billionaire David Murdock
has now given a total of
$2 million to the Triunfo
YMCA project.
Murdock has personally given $11 million for
Westlake Village Community Park, which is a
joint initiative by the city
of Westlake Village and
the Southeastern Ventura
County YMCA.
"Mr. Murdock continues to help keep pushing
it forward," Triunfo Y Executive Director Ronnie
Stone said Friday.
"Support has been great,
and other donors are coming forward. In the last
month, I've met about 50
people who didn't know
about the project and are
~ow out there fundraising
and soliciting donations."
Stone said Murdock
and Ed Hogan of the Hogan Family Foundation
also reached out to Steven
Hilton, president and CEO
of the Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation in Agoura
Hills, and were successful
in getting a donation of
$100,000 from the philanthropic organization.
"The
foundation
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on a national scale and
around the world, we do
on occasion partner with
local institutions, as well.
We're pleased to support
the Triunfo YMCA and
help create a gathering
place for our community
to learn, grow and thrive,"
said Ed Cain, vice president of granfprograms for
the foundation.
Other major donations
so far include a pledge
of $1 million from former Westlake Village
Mayor Doug Yarrow and
his wife, Penny, for the
fitness center.
Westlake Village has
spent $15 million on grading the pad and installing
utilities and basic landscaping on the 18-acre hilltop site above Thousand
Oaks Boulevard, west of
Lindero Canyon Road.
The city allocated $5.7
million more in its 2013-14
budget for the first phase
of construction, which
is underway on the west
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE
An artist's rendering of the Dole Interactive Learning Center inside the future Triunfo YMCA.
Dole Foods has pledged an additional $1 million to develop an interactive computer center and
cafe within the first floor of the new Triunfo YMCA in Westlake Village.
side of the property and is
scheduled for completion
by the end of summer.
The first phase is constructing two fields for
baseball and softball, an
overlay soccer field using
synthetic turf, a restroom,
a tot lot. and a walking and
jogging trail on the west
side of the property.
The 60,000-square-foot
Triunfo YMCA will be
built on 5 acres to the
east side and offer amenities such as a warm
therapy pool, an eightlane lap pool, a basketball gymnasium, a fitness
center, activity rooms
and a multipurpose/
event center.
Construction teams
are scheduled to begin
erecting the steel for the
Y building at the beginning of September, with
completion anticipated
in September 2015.
The Triunfo YMCA
runs childhood centers
at Willow, Yerba Buena
and Sumac schools in
Agoura Hills and at White
Oak School in Westlake
Village.
recognizes the effort we
are making to build unity
in the community, and to
design a gathering place
that educates and encourages social responsibility
for our youth," Stone said.
"While the majority
of the Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation's grantmaking
is devoted to priority areas
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• Partnership to allow
first July Fourth display
ByRKhel McGrath
Special to The Star
For the first time, Westlake Village will host an
Independence Day fireworks display, because of
a partnership among the
city, Westlake Village Inn
.and WestJake Golf Course.
The City Council approved $25,000 to pay for
the show, which will start
·at 9 p.m. July Fourth and be
visible to residents around
the community.
Pyro Spectaculars of
Rialto will launch the
20-minute display from
the golf course. While the
some time and originally
thought about doing something small on the hotel
property.
When he learned the
course will be closed to the council also was keen to
public, there will be seat- have a Fourth of July fireing and a viewing area on works show, things just
the driving range.
came together, he said.
The hotel tennis courts
"Thousand Oaks has a
will be open to the public fireworks show, but Westand have free activities lake Village is a different
and carnival games and community," Luna said.
food for purchase. In a VIP "It's a nice, tight commusection of the courts with nity, and I thought it would
$5 admission, there will be be nice to bring people toVIP viewing, live music, . gether and help the city
bars and food stations.
have a festival of sorts on
Other inn properties Independence Day."
Parking for those who
such as Bogie's and the
Stonehaus will be open.
want to stay the night at
Joel Luna, the general the hotel will be availmanager at Bogie's, said able at Calvary Commuhe has wanted to offer nity Church on La Tienda
a fireworks display for Drive, Baxter on Lakeview
Canyon Road and on the
street behind Warner Pacific.
The church also plans
to host family activities,
a concert and a viewing
area.
The city's new Village
Trolley will begin operating July 4, and residents
will be able to catch the
free shuttle at 15 stops
around the city from
4-llp.m.
"The trolley will be going around town so that
people can use it to get to
the different venues and
viewing points," said Brianne Anderson, community services coordinator
for Westlake Village.
"Berniece Bennett Park
will also be open as a viewing site for the fireworks,
and we're also encouraging peeple to hold block
parties and really celebrate Independence Day
as a community event," she
said.
Other ways to celebrate
the country's birthday in
Westlake Village include a
traditional pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. at the forme.r
hospital site, 4415 Lakev·
iew Canyon Road.
The 4th of July Parade
will begin there at 9:45a.m.
on its 4-block route along
Agoura Road, from Lakeview Canyon Road to
Greengate Court.
The parade will end at
Berniece Bennett Park,
where there will be a flag
retirement ceremony, free
Popsicles and children's
activities. ·
.
"All of these events
are free to attend, and
it's about offering fun,
family-friendly and safe
events throughout the
day and building a sense
of community," Anderson
said.
Veterans aboard the
new trolley will lead the
parade.
The service will run Friday and Saturday evenings
until Aug. 30 as part of a
pilot summer program.
For details of the trolley
route and stops and more
information about the
city's Independence Day
events, visit http://www.
wlv.org.
For more information
about the fireworks display, visit http://www.
westlakevillageinn.com.