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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the new fees for using the pools, is everyone still eager for this to be built now that you will have to pay for it, particularly given that DC doesn't have such a great track record of maintaining its facilities? [/quote]

No.  It's not worth losing some of the park's existing facilities for a pool that will cost several hundred dollars annually.  There are already fee-based pools in the area which are well maintained.[/quote]

But how much are those fees and how long are the waitlists?[/quote]

Neither Beauvoir nor Cleveland Park had a wait list this year.  Fees are 2 to 3 times the DC fee, but the facilities are well maintained.  MCLean Gardens and Vaughan Place also have pools for resident families.  There's a DC pool at Jeleff a mile or so south and another in Georgetown those who want the less expensive DC option.  As PP pointed out, it hardly seems worth the price to destroy a perfectly good park to build another pool that charges membership fees, when various options at different price points exist.[/quote]

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