The Palisades-Malibu YMCA held a Community Appreciation Celebration on its parcel of land at the corner of Sunset and Temescal Canyon Road last Sunday. The event honored the people who have led and financed the decades-long campaign to purchase the 3.9-acre property, famous for its pumpkins and Christmas trees. Thanks to a lead pledge of $250,000 from Palisadians Cindy and Bill Simon, the YMCA is prepared to purchase the property and begin landscaping what is now known as Simon Meadow. From left to right are YMCA Board Chairman Duke Ostendorf, Cindy and Bill Simon, and Executive Director Carol Pfannkuche. (An article on the ceremony will appear in next week’s Palisadian-Post.)
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