Upcoming events that may interest you:

• Tomorrow: Planning meeting for the Rainier Beach Pool replacement
  • Tuesday June 9, 2009. 6:30 - 8:30 at the Rainier Beach Community Center.
  • Organized by the Seattle Parks Department, which seeks to “learn about what is important in a community center and pool for this neighborhood.”  The Parks Dept is eager for community input. Details.
• August: Summer Splashtactulars
  • Saturday, August 8th at both Meadowbrook (1:30-3:00) and Rainier Beach Pools (time TBD). [Updated 6/8/09: Time corrected.]
  • FREE admission.  Lots of fun, pool games and prizes.  Info on water safety will be available too.
  • Events are sponsored by both Seattle Parks and Project Seattle Pools.
  • Email Christine@seattlepools.org if you would like to help with either event.

Other updates:

• NE and SE pool planning grant applications submitted
  • Kudos to Christine, Aimee, Yvette and Melanie for their tireless work in submitting Neighborhood Matching Fund Grant Applications.  Details.
  • We expect to be notified of the City’s decisions on these applications by mid-July.  If awarded the grant, work to hire an urban planning consultant would begin early fall.  Public Planning Meetings would be held during the winter/spring of 2009-2010.
• Pool closures looming
  • Many pools in our region are threatened by tight budgets and overdue maintenance.  We’re tracking the list of pools here.
  • In Seattle, supporters of the UW’s Hec Ed Pool seek your support in signing a petition to keep this pool open.

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The Seattle Parks Department would like to invite you to an open house to discuss the design of the "possible replacement" of Rainier Beach Pool and Community Center.   Public input and participation are invited and encouraged.

Rainier Beach pool is reaching the limit of its useful life, so Parks plans to replace it when funds become available.  According to Parks, "The design team with ARC Architects in the lead will be running the meeting beginning at 6:30. The pool designer is from California and will be part of the meeting as well." 

When: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 6:30 – 8:30pm

Where:  Rainier Beach Community Center
8825 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118-4928

Contact:  david.graves@seattle.gov

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Members of the community have long been able to join the Husky Master Swim Team and swim at the UW’s Hec Ed Pool.  With the recent elimination of the UW swim teams, Hec Ed swimmers need your help to keep this pool open:

Dear Friend:

As you know, the University of Washington Men’s and Women’s Swim Teams have been cut.  While there is a push to self-fund the swim teams, one possible unintended consequence of the current decision would be to close the Hec Edmondson Pavilion pool.  This closure would ruin at least three more UW associated teams that use the pool (not counting the numerous high school swim meets and that occur there).  Men’s and Women’s Club Water Polo and Husky Masters Swimming use the facility year round and due to size restrictions, the IMA pool is not an alternative.

Please support us to keep the Hed Ed Pool open by signing the below online petition.  We will be sending the signatures to the UW athletic department in the coming weeks.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HecEdPool

Thank you for your support!

We’re keeping a running list of endangered pools and programs here so that you can keep tabs on pool concerns near you.  New:

• Mount Rainier Pool (Auburn) has been added to the "endangered" list.
• Some public wading pools in Seattle will be closed this summer to allow for updates necessary to comply with a new safety law.

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