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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There should be an outdoor pool in ward 3. Does it have to be at Hearst. Is there any other spot that would work? Maybe at Lafayette?  Or fort Reno?[/quote]

Why?

Why are Ward 3 folks so skittish about going to "other" wards for an outdoor pool?  [/quote]

I go to the other pools - Jelleff and Volta and Francis and none are convenient - they take a long time to reach on public transit and only Jelleff is really close to a major bus line and parking is difficult at all if we drive which is not something we want to do and none are bikeable to.

But I want my kids to be able to go to a pool in their own community - a pool where they will see their friends, a pool they can get to on their own, a pool they can squeeze a visit to at the end of a busy day instead of it needing to be a half day expedition like it is now.

And I'm not at all skittish about going to another Ward to go for a swim or any other recreational activity - I think a lot of the real skittishnish here is from the immediate neighbors of the pool who are in fact worried about folks from other Wards coming to CP to swim, a fear that sadly has a long and shameful history in Ward 3.[/quote]

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