During April and the first week of May 2008, the Parks Department will hold its second round of public meetings to solicit feedback on its strategic plan.  We expect to see a link to the draft plan on the Parks web site before April, but the draft has not yet been posted.
Please help us ensure […]

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We’ve had our ears to the wind to catch hints of whether the Parks Department heard our call for pools during the first round of strategic planning meetings in 2007.
Nothing concrete yet — the draft strategic plan still hasn’t been released — but we’ve seen one very good sign.  The Jan 10 Parks Board of […]

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The North District Community Council recently expressed its support for pools to the Seattle City Council and Mayor.  The North District is one of 13 District Councils in the city and represents the communities located in the North region of Seattle.  The following letter, addressed to Council President Richard Conlin, was delivered to all Seattle […]

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Seattle’s Child magazine recently ran an article on Project Seattle Pools that included a great quote from the originator of the Seattle pool efforts:

“Our city has not kept up with the times. Whenever you have long wait lists (three to 12 years) and expensive fees to […]

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The Seattle Great City Initiative has kindly accepted Project Seattle Pools into its Neighborhood Assistance Program.  Great City’s site describes this program as follows:

“The goal of SGCI’s Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) is to help find practical solutions to make neighborhoods better places to live and work as this city grows.  We want to be […]

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Earlier this year, the Capital Hill Times ran a nice article introducing  the new Superintendent of Parks, Tim Gallagher.  His strong interest in health and fitness is a great sign for pools.  This interest is not just theoretical — read the full article to find out how he managed to interview for his new position […]

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