Why Improvements are Needed? - 40 years of daily use
- Filtration system/plumbing deterioration
- Too shallow for racing starts in the shallow end (3’6”)
- Bulkhead assembly and disassembly
- No warm up pool when using the 50m pool
- Promoting health and wellness
What has changed in the pool area? NEW 4-lane, 25 yard warm water pool
- Swim lessons
- Water Aerobics
- Warm ups / cool down
Existing 50 meter pool improvements
- New gutters, MYRTHA liner
- Longer with two movable bulkheads
- Deeper 4’2” shallow end to 13’8” deep end
- New pool deck
Items to Fund:
- Two movable bulkheads
- Sixteen starting blocks
- Two - 1 meter diving boards
- Three meter diving platform with two boards
- Additional seating
- Scoreboard and timing equipment
- Lane lines
Total Cost: $800,000
| Who comes to the Recreation Center Pool?- Learn to Swim Programs
- Aquatic Safety Students
- USA Swimming
- Minnesota Swimming
- NCAA
- Special Olympics
- YMCA
- Minnesota State High School League
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
- (NSIC) - 16 Division II Colleges
Economic Impact (2013) Date | Event | Athletes | Hotel Rooms | FEB | Presidents Day / Herring A Meet | 750 | 300 | FEB | High School Boys Sectional Meet | 150 | | MAR | Winter Midwest Regional Meet | 500 | 50 | MAR | Age Group State Meet | 1800 | 700 | JUN | Summer Invite | 700 | 300 | JUL | Summer Midwest Regional Meet | 750 | 50 | OCT | High School Girls Conference Meet | 200 | | NOV | High School Girls Sectional Meet | 200 | | DEC | Orcas 8/Under Meet | 200 | 30 | DEC | NSIC Division II Conference Meet | 400 | 350 |
* 2017 Zone Meet (Aug. 3-7) - Estimated impact to Rochester: $500,000 |
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