Since its completion, the Illinois Valley YMCA has won top recreational design awards. In the 2007 Novermber/December issue of Aquatics International, the Illinois Valley YMCA was granted the "Exhibition of School Architecture Grand Prize Winner." In the fall 2007 Rehab Insider, the YMCA was featured as the cover story and entitled "Extraordinary Aquatics." The Illinois Valley YMCA was voted the 2007 Hororee for the Excellence in Facilities by the YMCA of the USA.

With its growing membership now more than 9,000, the Illinois Valley YMCA recognized the need for aquatics to complement its existing services and better serve the community. The Illinois Valley YMCA commissioned Cordogan Clark and Associates to design the new indoor Aquatic and Wellness Center for the Illinois Yalley Community Hospital in Peru, Illinois. This $12 million, 62,000 square foot addition to an existing YMCA facility includes an indoor aquatics area containing recreational and leisure elements; a zero depth pool; a water-slide and plung pool; a 25-yard competition lap pool; and state-of-the-art therapeutic pools. Additional improvements included new physical rehabilitation facilities; exam rooms, administrative offices; locker rooms; and increased site parking.

"These new Y facilities promote aquatics in a unique architectural setting" said Michael J. Konopka, CCa managing principal. "Aquatics are now featured at the entrance: so patrons can now experience the excitement of water activities immediately.