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Swimming Pools for Active Leisure, Sports and Health (SPLASH) has made vital progress in pursuit of building a world-class swimming facility on the Eastside: • City of Bellevue’s $100,000 feasibility study verifies the need for a large facility in the Bellevue area • The study outlines capital costs for five facility options and six possible Bellevue sites • Partnerships with the school district, YMCA, BCC and corporate sponsors are being explored • Next Steps: choose one facility and one site location; allocate money for the design process; target Park Bond in 2009 for main facility funding (SPLASH’s preferred option: 54m x 25y competitive pool; 25m x 25y program pool; diving pool; therapy pool; family whirlpool; leisure pool with lazy river, slides, and interactive play features)
Help us make a bigger SPLASH by spreading the good news and showing your support at public meetings – which will be posted at www.splash4all.org
As a Midlakes Club, this is your chance to help SPLASH
make a
SPLASH! involved in showing your support for aquatics in our community. This Thursday, July 17th, at 7pm, the Bellevue Parks Department is holding a Public Workshop to share work on the Eastgate area
master plan and
wants public input — and we really could use your support! center. This site is attractive, as it could be a “Sportsplex”, with multiple activities, including ball fields,
play
areas, in addition to aquatics, a current trend in many communities across the
Please drop by the meeting and tell them how many people support the building of a new world-class
swimming facility in
7pm. If you cannot attend, please email your comments to pfehrman@bellevuewa.gov. Here is a link to the city’s public info on the meeting: http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/pdf/Parks/eastgate_area_properties_meeting2_invitation.pdf We anticipate in September, the consultant’s final report verifying the need for a large facility will go to the City Council, and we will put the word out when we need your support at those City Council meetings.
Thanks for your support!
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