ThursdayAugust 21, 2025

LeClaire YMCA will be ‘real big deal for everybody’

New $18M facility expected to open next fall
By: Dave Thompson|August 21, 2025
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    • LeClaire Mayor Dennis Gerard holds a shovel after a ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 20, for a new $18 million LeClaire YMCA facility being built on Eagle Ridge Road near Welcome Center Drive. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    LECLAIRE, Iowa – This community will soon have an $18 million “landmark” two-building YMCA facility offering some of the best views in the region. Once it is complete next year, people working out at the Y will get to look out the front window to the Mississippi River.

    “A YMCA facility is not just a gym or a pool; it’s a landmark, a visual representation that…

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