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New indoor pool pitched by Olympians swim club
Group believes aquatic training facility could be built for under $10M Dan KINVIG Abbotsford News
With Abbotsford’s proposed YMCA facility on hold indefinitely, the Abbotsford Olympians swim club has taken a proactive approach to help bring a new indoor pool to fruition. Their recently formed advocacy group, the Abbotsford Aquatic Parents Society (AAPS), has put together a proposal to build a 10-lane training pool at a cost of less than $10 million. “We’re talking about being able to put together a facility the city absolutely needs,” said
Olympians head coach Jason Chugh. “Essentially, at the end of the day, what we need is a hole in the ground and a box to cover it. That’s it. We don’t need the Taj Mahal.” The Olympians, Abbotsford’s year-round swim club, have been renting lane space at Matsqui Recreation Centre since 2004. Practising in a tank designed as a wave pool is not ideal – the MRC lanes are 1.2 metres wide, whereas 2.5 metres is standard. Given the facility limitations, the Olympians can’t expand much beyond their current membership of 80.
Their proposal, dubbed the Legacy Pool Project, was brought before the parks and recreation commission last week. The commission requested additional research from the AAPS, and they will submit a revised document in September for possible inclusion in the parks and rec master plan, which would then be brought before city council. The AAPS is suggesting a public-private partnership (P3) with a joint ownership component. The city would pay the bulk of the construction Continued on A4
HOUSE FIRE A4 Fire crews knock down a fire at a Sentinel Drive home, but damage was extensive
POLARIZED DEBATE A3 Community stakeholders disagree over homeless housing proposal ‘misinformation’
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Duffy was crowned Miss Goats Pride Dairy and had the honour of meeting visitors during the local farm’s seventh annual open house on the weekend. Hundreds of visitors came out to the Abbotsford farm, located on Olund Road, and enjoyed face painting, tours of the milking parlour and new processing plant and other activities.
A7 The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear a complaint against Abbotsford’s harm reduction bylaw
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